PT-2023-5612 · Cisco · Cisco Access Point

Published 2023-09-27 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2023-20268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco access point (AP) software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the packet processing functionality could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to exhaust resources on an affected device. This issue is due to insufficient management of resources when handling certain types of traffic. An attacker could exploit this by sending specific wireless packets to an affected device, potentially consuming resources and disrupting the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) tunnel, leading to intermittent loss of wireless client traffic.

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:2023-06267

CVE-2023-20268

Affected Products

Cisco Access Point

References · 9

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ap-dos-capwap-DDMCZS4m · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20268 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06267 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1707141156448960641 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1707087601943842929 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023092824 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.240717 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71142 · Telegram Post