CVE-2007-2039 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers on a local wireless network can cause denial of service in Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers via crafted packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2039?
CVE-2007-2039 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 16 Apr 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Network Processing Unit (NPU) in the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) before 3.2.171.5, 4.0.x before 4.0.206.0, and 4.1.x allows remote attackers on a local wireless network to cause a denial of service (loss of packet forwarding) via (1) crafted SNAP packets, (2) malformed 802.11 traffic, or (3) packets with certain header length values, aka Bug IDs CSCsg15901 and CSCsh10841.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2039?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2039?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-2039 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2039 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gp6r-fmm5-g6jw.