Vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller
CVE-2016-6376
The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) feature on 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed wIPS packet, aka Bug ID CSCuz40263.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Wireless Lan Controller — versions 3.0_base, 3.1.59.24, 3.1.105.0
- Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 6.0 — versions 182.0, 188.0, 196.0
- Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.0 — versions 98.0, 98.218, 116.0
- Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.1 — versions 91.0
- Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.2 — versions 103.0
- Cisco Wireless Lan Controller 7.4 — versions 1.19, 1.54, 140.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036720 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92716 (vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6376?
- CVE-2016-6376 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-02.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6376?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.