CVE-2012-0370 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers by sending specific HTTP or HTTPS packets when WebAuth is enabled.
- 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-2012-0370?
CVE-2012-0370 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
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 4.x, 5.x, 6.0, and 7.0 before 7.0.220.0 and 7.1 before 7.1.91.0, when WebAuth is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a sequence of (1) HTTP or (2) HTTPS packets, aka Bug ID CSCtt47435.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0370?
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-2012-0370?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0370 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-2012-0370 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0370 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jrpw-v2qc-8m5g.