CVE-2022-20856

Summary

CVECVE-2022-20856
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-30 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:43:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the processing of Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Mobility messages in Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst 9000 Family could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a logic error and improper management of resources related to the handling of CAPWAP Mobility messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted CAPWAP Mobility packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources on the affected device. This would cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-cl - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-c - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 9800-l-f - All All All
Application Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4c All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20220928 Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst 9000 Family CAPWAP Mobility Denial of Service Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317238 Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst 9000 Family CAPWAP Mobility Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (cisco-sa-c9800-mob-dos-342YAc6J)
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