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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Aug 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m6wf-9cw4-cjhq

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3474?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2013-3474 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-0703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0703/): Race condition in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-0706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0706/): Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.2 before 7.2.115.2, 7.3, and 7.4 before 7.4.110.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2014-0707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0707/): Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 before 7.4.110.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device r (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-0417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0417/): Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software GUI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-1796](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1796/): Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software IAPP Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (high 7.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-3474 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. 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-2013-3474/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3474/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3474
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3474
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-3474

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