PT-2018-1744 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Access Points

Published 2018-10-17 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-0441

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS Access Points (APs) Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the 802.11r Fast Transition feature set could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The issue is due to a corruption of certain timer mechanisms triggered by specific roaming events, which can cause a timer crash. An attacker could exploit this by sending malicious reassociation events multiple times to the same AP in a short period, causing a DoS condition.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01344

CVE-2018-0441

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Access Points

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01344 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181017-ap-ft-dos · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0441 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041918 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105680 · Note