CVE-2014-7998 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Cisco IOS Aironet access points via malformed EAP packets when specific debugging 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-2014-7998?
CVE-2014-7998 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 15 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cisco IOS on Aironet access points, when "dot11 aaa authenticator" debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed EAP packet, aka Bug ID CSCul15509.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7998?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-2014-7998?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-7998 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-2014-7998 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7998 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-jjgg-rpjw-5726.