CVE-2014-3291 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device restart) via a zero value in Cisco Discovery Protocol packet data that is not properly handled during SNMP polling, aka Bug ID CSCuo12321.

Published: 2014-06-08

Score: 5.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:wireless_lan_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-3304	Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device restart) via a zero value in Cisco Discovery Protocol packet data that is not properly handled during SNMP polling, aka Bug ID CSCuo12321.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00502.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/57895
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-3291
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=34558
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67926
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030410

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Wireless Lan Controller

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2014-06-08T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:35:57.171Z

Reserved: 2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3291

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-06-08T16:55:02.877

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3291

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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