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CVE-2014-7997

The DHCP implementation in Cisco IOS on Aironet access points does not properly ...

Medium CVSS 6.1

Overview

The DHCP implementation in Cisco IOS on Aironet access points does not properly handle error conditions with short leases and unsuccessful lease-renewal attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) by triggering a transition into a recovery state that was intended to involve a network-interface restart but actually involves a full device restart, aka Bug ID CSCtn16281.

CWE: CWE-399 Published: 2014-11-15T02:59:01.517
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟡 MEDIUM.

  • CVSS: 6.1 (MEDIUM)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

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