CVE-2014-0701 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending high-rate WebAuth login requests to Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers.
- 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-2014-0701?
CVE-2014-0701 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 6 Mar 2014. 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 7.0 before 7.0.250.0, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 before 7.4.110.0 do not properly deallocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) by sending WebAuth login requests at a high rate, aka Bug ID CSCuf52361.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0701?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0701?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0701 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-2014-0701 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0701 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5452-774m-835h.