7.8
HIGH
CVE-2009-1165
"Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Remote Denial of Service Memory Leak"
Description

Memory leak on the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) platform 4.x before 4.2.205.0, 5.1 before 5.1.163.0, and 5.0 and 5.2 before 5.2.178.0, as used in Cisco 1500 Series, 2000 Series, 2100 Series, 4100 Series, 4200 Series, and 4400 Series Wireless Services Modules (WiSM), WLC Modules for Integrated Services Routers, and Catalyst 3750G Integrated Wireless LAN Controllers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device reload) via SSH management connections, aka Bug ID CSCsw40789.

INFO

Published Date :

July 29, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1165 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cisco catalyst_3750g
2 Cisco cisco_1500_wireless_lan_controller
3 Cisco cisco_2000_wireless_lan_controller
4 Cisco cisco_2100_wireless_lan_controller
5 Cisco cisco_4100_wireless_lan_controller
6 Cisco cisco_4200_wireless_lan_controller
7 Cisco cisco_4400_wireless_lan_controller

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-1165 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080adb3d7.shtml
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35817
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022605
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2021
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1165 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.68 }} 0.00%

score

0.76751

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability