CVE-2009-1165 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via SSH connections on Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-1165?
CVE-2009-1165 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jul 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak on the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) platform 4.x before 4.2.205.0, 5.1 before 5.1.163.0, and 5.0 and 5.2 before 5.2.178.0, as used in Cisco 1500 Series, 2000 Series, 2100 Series, 4100 Series, 4200 Series, and 4400 Series Wireless Services Modules (WiSM), WLC Modules for Integrated Services Routers, and Catalyst 3750G Integrated Wireless LAN Controllers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device reload) via SSH management connections, aka Bug ID CSCsw40789.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1165?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Cisco Catalyst 3750g, Cisco Cisco 1500 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Cisco 2000 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Cisco 2100 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Cisco 4100 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Cisco 4200 Wireless Lan Controller and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1165?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1165 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-2009-1165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r2v5-79gh-h392.