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Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points DoS (cisco-sa-click-ap-dos-wdcXkvnQ)
high Nessus Plugin ID 182153
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points Denial of Service is affected by a vulnerability.- A vulnerability in the networking component of Cisco access point (AP) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a temporary disruption of service. This vulnerability is due to overuse of AP resources. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an AP on an affected device as a wireless client and sending a high rate of traffic over an extended period of time. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Datagram TLS (DTLS) session to tear down and reset, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. (CVE-2023-20176)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwb56120See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 182153
File Name: cisco-sa-click-ap-dos-wdcXkvnQ.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 9/28/2023
Updated: 10/3/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
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-2023-20176
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-20176