CVE-2022-20769

published 2022-09-30

CVE-2022-20769: A vulnerability in the authentication functionality of Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) AireOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to…

Priority P4 26 medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1

AV A AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

A vulnerability in the authentication functionality of Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) AireOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wireless LAN controller to crash, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: This vulnerability affects only devices that have Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode enabled.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	cisco_wireless_lan_controller	—	—
cisco	wireless_lan_controller_aireos	—	—
cisco	wireless_lan_controller_software	< 8.10.171.0	8.10.171.0

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

vendor_cisco 7.4 HIGH

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