Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Denial of Service Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 12 May 2015 11:14 Release Date: 12 May 2015 2992 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Operating Systems - Networks OS

A vulnerability has been identified in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC).A remote user on the adjacent network can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.

A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a flaw in the wireless web authentication subsystem and cause the target device to restart.

Impact

Denial of Service

System / Technologies affected

Version 7.5.x; 7.6.x prior to 7.6.120

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.

The vendor's patch is available at:
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38749

Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2015-0723

Source

SecurityTracker