CVE-2017-12279 Information

Description

A vulnerability in the packet processing code of Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Aironet Access Points could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to retrieve content from memory on an affected device which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. The vulnerability is due to insufficient condition checks that are performed by the affected device when the device adds padding to egress packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve content from memory on the affected device which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc21581.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101643 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039720 https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171101-iosap

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.3