SB2021032920 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE



SB2021032920 - Denial of service in Cisco IOS XE

Published: March 29, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021032920
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1373)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted CAPWAP packet, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.