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Cisco IOS XE Software Wireless Controller for the Catalyst 9000 Family WLAN Local Profiling DoS (cisco-sa-dclass-dos-VKh9D8k3)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 144503
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE is affected by a Denial of Service vulnerability in the WLAN Local Profiling feature of Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family. This vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of HTTP packets while performing HTTP-based endpoint device classifications. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause an affected device to reboot, resulting in a DoS condition.Please see the included Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvr96076See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?53ee1c87
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-74268
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 144503
File Name: cisco-sa-dclass-dos-VKh9D8k3-iosxe.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 12/21/2020
Updated: 9/28/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3428
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:ios_xe
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version, Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Model, Host/Cisco/device_model
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-3428