CVE-2009-2861

Description

The Over-the-Air Provisioning (OTAP) functionality on Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point 1100 and 1200 devices does not properly implement access-point association, which allows remote attackers to spoof a controller and cause a denial of service (service outage) via crafted remote radio management (RRM) packets, aka "SkyJack" or Bug ID CSCtb56664.

7.3

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.74% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.airmagnet.com/assets/AM_Technote_SkyJack_082509.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36145	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2419	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=18919	patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022774	vdb entry
http://www.airmagnet.com/news/press_releases/2009/08252009.php

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2861?: CVE-2009-2861 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2861?: To fix CVE-2009-2861, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-2861 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-2861 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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