# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Mar 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9cqm-fm38-5fgm

## 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: 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, Cisco 2504 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 4100 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 4400 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 4402 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 4404 Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.

## 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2012-0371](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0371/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2013-1104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1104/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2013-1105](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1105/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2013-1102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1102/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2013-1103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1103/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-0368 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0368/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0368
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0368
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0368

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0368/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.