Cisco Wireless LAN Controller CAPWAP Discovery Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 104461

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) is affected by one or more vulnerabilities. Please see the included Cisco BIDs and the Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID(s) CSCvb95842.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104461

File Name: cisco-sa-20171101-wlc3-wireless_lan_controller.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/8/2017

Updated: 5/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12280

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software, cpe:/h:cisco:wireless_lan_controller

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/WLC/Version, Host/Cisco/WLC/Model, Host/Cisco/WLC/Port

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12280

BID: 101646

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20171101-wlc3

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvb95842

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