CVE-2012-0368 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers by sending a malformed URL in an HTTP request to the administrative interface.
- 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-2012-0368?
CVE-2012-0368 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 1 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The administrative management interface on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 4.x, 5.x, 6.0, and 7.0 before 7.0.220.0, 7.1 before 7.1.91.0, and 7.2 before 7.2.103.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a malformed URL in an HTTP request, aka Bug ID CSCts81997.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0368?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Cisco 2000 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 2100 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 2106 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 2112 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 2125 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 2500 Wireless Lan Controller and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0368?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0368 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-2012-0368 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0368 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9cqm-fm38-5fgm.