CVE-2021-1565

Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers CAPWAP Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Published Sep 23, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol processing of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities by sending a malformed CAPWAP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash and reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7032 Multiple vulnerabilities in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol processing of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An attacker could exploit the vulnerabilities by sending a malformed CAPWAP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to crash and reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Cisco Catalyst 9300-24p-a Catalyst 9300-24p-e Catalyst 9300-24s-a Catalyst 9300-24s-e Catalyst 9300-24t-a Catalyst 9300-24t-e Catalyst 9300-24u-a Catalyst 9300-24u-e Catalyst 9300-24ux-a Catalyst 9300-24ux-e Catalyst 9300-48p-a Catalyst 9300-48p-e Catalyst 9300-48s-a Catalyst 9300-48s-e Catalyst 9300-48t-a Catalyst 9300-48t-e Catalyst 9300-48u-a Catalyst 9300-48u-e Catalyst 9300-48un-a Catalyst 9300-48un-e Catalyst 9300-48uxm-a Catalyst 9300-48uxm-e Catalyst 9300l Catalyst 9300l-24p-4g-a Catalyst 9300l-24p-4g-e Catalyst 9300l-24p-4x-a Catalyst 9300l-24p-4x-e Catalyst 9300l-24t-4g-a Catalyst 9300l-24t-4g-e Catalyst 9300l-24t-4x-a Catalyst 9300l-24t-4x-e Catalyst 9300l-48p-4g-a Catalyst 9300l-48p-4g-e Catalyst 9300l-48p-4x-a Catalyst 9300l-48p-4x-e Catalyst 9300l-48t-4g-a Catalyst 9300l-48t-4g-e Catalyst 9300l-48t-4x-a Catalyst 9300l-48t-4x-e Catalyst 9300l Stack Catalyst 9400 Catalyst 9400 Supervisor Engine-1 Catalyst 9407r Catalyst 9410r Catalyst 9500 Catalyst 9800-40 Catalyst 9800-80 Catalyst 9800-cl Catalyst 9800-l Catalyst 9800-l-c Catalyst 9800-l-f Catalyst 9800 Firmware Embedded Wireless Controller Ios Xe
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Nov 7, 2024, 9:52 PM
Reserved
Nov 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 23, 2021, 3:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:32 AM