SB2023092824 - Denial of service in Cisco Access Point Software
Published: September 28, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023092824
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20268)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/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 improper control over consumption of internal resources when handling certain types of traffic. A remote attacker on the local network can send specially crafted traffic to the device, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.