Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:35817

Info

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35817
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2009-1165
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 27 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 21 2009 03:50PM
Credit: Reported by the vendor
Vulnerable: Cisco WLC Modules for Integrated Services Routers 0
Cisco Wireless Services Modules (WiSM) 0
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 5.2
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 5.1
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 5.0
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 4.2
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 4.1 M
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 4.1
Cisco Catalyst 3750G 0
Cisco 4404 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 4402 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 4400 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 4200 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 4100 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 3750 Series Integrated Wireless LAN Controllers 0
Cisco 2106 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 2100 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 2006 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 2000 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0
Cisco 1500
Not Vulnerable: Cisco Wireless LAN Control 6.0.182 .0
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 5.2.193 .0
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 4.2.205 .0
Cisco Wireless LAN Control 4.2.176 .51
Cisco 5500 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 0

Discussion

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to trigger an affected device to crash and reload, denying service to legitimate users.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco BugID CSCsw40789.

Exploit / POC

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.

References

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller SSH Connections Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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