SB2023092823 - Denial of service in Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points
Published: September 28, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023092823
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20176)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper control over consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can connect to the affected AP as a client and send a high rate of traffic over an extended period of time, which will result in an overuse of AP resources and denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.