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Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 118461
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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 the following vulnerabilities:- A privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper parsing of a specific TACACS attribute. A remote attacker, authenticating to TACACs via the GUI, could create a local account with administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-0417)
- A denial of service vulnerability due to flaws with specific timer mechanisms. A remote attacker could potentially cause the timer to crash resulting in a DoS condition.
(CVE-2018-0441)
- An information disclosure vulnerability due to insufficient checks when handling Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Point keepalive requests. A remote attacker, with a specially crafted CAPWAP keepalive packet, could potentially read the devices memory. (CVE-2018-0442)
- A denial of service vulnerability due to improper validation of CAPWAP discovery request packets. A remote attacker could potentially disconnect associated APs, resulting in a DoS condition. (CVE-2018-0443)
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) CSCvf66680, CSCvh65876, CSCve64652, and CSCvf66696.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?5e14b610
http://www.nessus.org/u?4d106cd6
http://www.nessus.org/u?e4eb02b4
http://www.nessus.org/u?c9605ddd
https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvf66680
https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvf66696
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 118461
File Name: cisco-sa-20181017-wlc-capwap-memory-leak.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 10/26/2018
Updated: 7/29/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0442
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0417
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/WLC/Version, Host/Cisco/WLC/Port
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-0417, CVE-2018-0441, CVE-2018-0442, CVE-2018-0443