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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140482
Category:CISCO
Title:Cisco Aironet Access Point Platforms 802.11 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:A vulnerability in 802.11 association request frame processing for the Cisco;Aironet 1560, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, Layer 2 radio frequency (RF);adjacent attacker to cause the Access Point (AP) to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Description:Summary:
A vulnerability in 802.11 association request frame processing for the Cisco
Aironet 1560, 2800, and 3800 Series Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, Layer 2 radio frequency (RF)
adjacent attacker to cause the Access Point (AP) to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is due to insufficient frame validation of the 802.11
association request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed 802.11 association
request to the targeted device.

Vulnerability Impact:
An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the AP to reload, resulting in a
DoS condition while the AP is reloading.

Solution:
See the referenced advisory for a solution.

CVSS Score:
6.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12273
BugTraq ID: 101655
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101655
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039714
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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