CVE-2017-12283

MEDIUM

Cisco Aironet 3800 Series Access Points - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Spoofed 802.11w PAF Frames

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the handling of 802.11w Protected Management Frames (PAF) by Cisco Aironet 3800 Series Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to terminate a valid user connection to an affected device, aka Denial of Service. The vulnerability exists because the affected device does not properly validate 802.11w PAF disassociation and deauthentication frames that it receives. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a spoofed 802.11w PAF frame from a valid, authenticated client on an adjacent network to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate a single valid user connection to the affected device. This vulnerability affects Access Points that are configured to run in FlexConnect mode. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc20627.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039718
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101645

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 42.9%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/aironet_3800_firmware
n/a/Cisco Aironet 3800 Series Access Points Cisco Aironet 3800 Series Access Points
Published Nov 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026