CVE-2014-0705 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.1 Published 6 Mar 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a device restart via malformed IPv6 MLDv2 packets when MLDv2 Snooping is enabled on Cisco WLC devices.

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-2014-0705?

CVE-2014-0705 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

The multicast listener discovery (MLD) service on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 before 7.4.121.0, and 7.5, when MLDv2 Snooping is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed IPv6 MLDv2 packet, aka Bug ID CSCuh74233.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0705?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0705 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-2014-0705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-wc39-prpx-832g.