CVE-2013-3474 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Authenticated users can crash Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers by sending malformed requests to the web interface.

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-2013-3474?

CVE-2013-3474 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Aug 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Web Administrator Interface on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device crash) by leveraging membership in the Full Manager managers group, Read Only managers group, or Lobby Ambassador managers group, and sending a request that (1) lacks a parameter value or (2) contains a malformed parameter value, aka Bug IDs CSCuh14313, CSCuh14159, CSCuh14368, and CSCuh14436.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3474?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3474?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3474 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-2013-3474 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m6wf-9cw4-cjhq.

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