CVE-2016-6375 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers by sending crafted IAPP packets and SNMP requests.
- 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-2016-6375?
CVE-2016-6375 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 12 Sep 2016. 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 before 8.0.140.0, 8.1.x and 8.2.x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) by sending crafted Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) packets and then sending a traffic stream metrics (TSM) information request over SNMP, aka Bug ID CSCuz40221.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6375?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 6.0, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 7.0, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 7.1, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 7.2, Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software 7.4.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6375?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6375 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-2016-6375 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6375 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gx3q-vm7v-ccv8.