CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-20303

7.4 HIGH Published 2024-03-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-459

Description

A vulnerability in the multicast DNS (mDNS) gateway feature of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper management of mDNS client entries. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the wireless network and sending a continuous stream of specific mDNS packets. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wireless controller to have high CPU utilization, which could lead to access points (APs) losing their connection to the controller and result in a DoS condition.

Affected configurations

• cisco ios xe 17.2.1 • cisco ios xe 17.2.1a • cisco ios xe 17.2.1r • cisco ios xe 17.2.1v • cisco ios xe 17.2.2 • cisco ios xe 17.2.3 • cisco ios xe 17.3.1 • cisco ios xe 17.3.1a • cisco ios xe 17.3.1w • cisco ios xe 17.3.1x • cisco ios xe 17.3.1z • cisco ios xe 17.3.2 • cisco ios xe 17.3.2a • cisco ios xe 17.3.3 • cisco ios xe 17.3.4 • cisco ios xe 17.3.4a • cisco ios xe 17.3.4b • cisco ios xe 17.3.4c • cisco ios xe 17.3.5 • cisco ios xe 17.3.5a • cisco ios xe 17.3.5b • cisco ios xe 17.3.6 • cisco ios xe 17.3.7 • cisco ios xe 17.3.8 • cisco ios xe 17.3.8a • cisco ios xe 17.4.1 • cisco ios xe 17.4.1a • cisco ios xe 17.4.1b • cisco ios xe 17.4.2 • cisco ios xe 17.4.2a • cisco ios xe 17.5.1 • cisco ios xe 17.5.1a • cisco ios xe 17.6.1 • cisco ios xe 17.6.1a • cisco ios xe 17.6.1w • cisco ios xe 17.6.1x • cisco ios xe 17.6.1y • cisco ios xe 17.6.1z • cisco ios xe 17.6.1z1 • cisco ios xe 17.6.2 • cisco ios xe 17.6.3 • cisco ios xe 17.6.3a • cisco ios xe 17.6.4 • cisco ios xe 17.6.5 • cisco ios xe 17.6.5a • cisco ios xe 17.7.1 • cisco ios xe 17.7.1a • cisco ios xe 17.7.1b • cisco ios xe 17.7.2 • cisco ios xe 17.8.1 • cisco ios xe 17.8.1a • cisco ios xe 17.9.1 • cisco ios xe 17.9.1a • cisco ios xe 17.9.1w • cisco ios xe 17.9.1x • cisco ios xe 17.9.1x1 • cisco ios xe 17.9.1y • cisco ios xe 17.9.1y1 • cisco ios xe 17.9.2 • cisco ios xe 17.9.2a … and 8 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup weakness

References