CVE-2015-0756 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause wireless network outages on Cisco WLC devices by sending crafted TCP traffic from the local network.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-0756?

CVE-2015-0756 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 May 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices with software 7.4(1.1) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (wireless-networking outage) via crafted TCP traffic on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCug67104.

Weakness: CWE-399, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0756?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0756?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0756 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-2015-0756 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m2v7-4478-359w.

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