PT-2016-6847 · Cisco · Cisco Aironet

Published 2016-08-22 · Updated 2016-12-12 · CVE-2016-6363

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 Aironet devices versions prior to 8.2.121.0 Cisco Aironet devices versions 8.3.x prior to 8.3.102.0

Description The issue affects the 802.11 protocol implementation on Cisco Aironet devices, where the rate-limit feature can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, leading to a device reload. This can be achieved by sending crafted 802.11 frames.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2.121.0, update to version 8.2.121.0 or later to resolve the issue. For versions 8.3.x prior to 8.3.102.0, update to version 8.3.102.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6363

Affected Products

Cisco Aironet

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6363 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6363 · Vendor Advisory
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160817-aap2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92511 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036645 · Note