CVE-2007-4012 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via ARP storms on Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers by sending crafted broadcast ARP packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-4012?
CVE-2007-4012 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 26 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco 4100 and 4400, Airespace 4000, and Catalyst 6500 and 3750 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) software 4.1 before 4.1.180.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ARP storm) via a broadcast ARP packet that "targets the IP address of a known client context", aka CSCsj50374.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4012?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4012?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4012 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-2007-4012 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4012 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q69v-9h9q-cr4v.