CVE-2009-1164 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC) running specific versions of firmware (4.2 before 4.2.205.0 and 5.x before 5.2.178.0). This flaw, affecting various Cisco WLC series and modules, allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to force a device reload by sending a malformed response to an HTTP or HTTPS authentication request. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication required, leading to complete system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_3750g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:cisco_1500_wireless_lan_controller:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:cisco_1500_wireless_lan_controller:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:cisco_1500_wireless_lan_controller:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:cisco_1500_wireless_lan_controller:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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