CVE-2018-0381
MEDIUMCisco Aironet Series Access Points - Authenticated Denial of Service via SSID Transition Deadlock
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the Cisco Aironet Series Access Points (APs) software could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a deadlock condition that may occur when an affected AP attempts to dequeue aggregated traffic that is destined to an attacker-controlled wireless client. An attacker who can successfully transition between multiple Service Set Identifiers (SSIDs) hosted on the same AP while replicating the required traffic patterns could trigger the deadlock condition. A watchdog timer that detects the condition will trigger a reload of the device, resulting in a DoS condition while the device restarts.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041929
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105685
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181017-aironet-dos
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
40.2%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-400
CWE-667
Status
published
Products (8)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.2\(166.0\)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.2\(167.3\)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.3\(133.0\)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.3\(141.10\)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.5\(120.0\)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.7\(1.96\)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.7\(1.99\)
cisco/aironet_access_points
8.7\(1.107\)
Published
Oct 17, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026