PT-2016-4808 · Cisco · Cisco Wireless Lan Controller+1

Published 2016-07-27 · Updated 2017-09-01 · CVE-2016-1460

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.4(121.0) and 8.0(0.30220.385) Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) (affected versions not specified, but includes 7.4 and 8.0)

Description A vulnerability in the wireless frame management service could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the affected device. The issue is due to insufficient handling of wireless management frames. An attacker could exploit this by sending crafted wireless management frames to the device.

Recommendations For versions 7.4(121.0) and 8.0(0.30220.385), at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. As a general mitigation measure, consider implementing network segmentation and restricting access to the wireless network to minimize the risk of exploitation.

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1460

Affected Products

Cisco Wireless Lan Controller

Cisco Wls

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1460 · Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160727-wlc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1460 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92158 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036468 · Note