CVE-2019-15265
MEDIUMCisco Aironet Access Points < 8.5.151.0 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via BPDU Forwarding
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) forwarding functionality of Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an AP port to go into an error disabled state. The vulnerability occurs because BPDUs received from specific wireless clients are forwarded incorrectly. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability on the wireless network by sending a steady stream of crafted BPDU frames. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a limited denial of service (DoS) attack because an AP port could go offline.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191016-airo-dos
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
23.7%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (5)
cisco/aironet_1540_firmware
< 8.5.151.0
cisco/aironet_1560_firmware
< 8.5.151.0
cisco/aironet_1800_firmware
< 8.5.151.0
cisco/aironet_2800_firmware
< 8.5.151.0
cisco/aironet_3800_firmware
< 8.5.151.0
Published
Oct 16, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026