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Medium
CVE-2016-6376
The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) feature on Cisco...
Vulnerability Description
The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) feature on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices before 8.0.140.0, 8.1.x and 8.2.x before 8.2.121.0, and 8.3.x before 8.3.102.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a malformed wIPS packet, aka Bug ID CSCuz40263.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
wireless lan controller, wireless lan controller 6.0, wireless lan controller 7.0, wireless lan controller 7.1, wireless lan controller 7.2, wireless lan controller 7.4
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0_base, 3.1.59.24, 3.1.105.0, 3.1.111.0, 3.2.78.0, 3.2.116.21, 3.2.150.6, 3.2.150.10, 3.2.171.5, 3.2.171.6, 3.2.185.0, 3.2.193.5, 3.2.195.10, 3.6.0e, 4.0.108, 4.0.155.0, 4.0.155.5, 4.0.179.8, 4.0.179.11, 4.0.196, 4.0.206.0, 4.0.217.0, 4.0.219.0, 4.1.171.0, 4.1.181.0, 4.1.185.0, 4.1_base, 4.2.61.0, 4.2.99.0, 4.2.112.0, 4.2.117.0, 4.2.130.0, 4.2.173.0, 4.2.174.0, 4.2.176.0, 4.2.182.0, 4.2_base, 5.0.148.0, 5.0.148.2, 5.1.151.0, 5.1.152.0, 5.1.160.0, 5.2.157.0, 5.2.169.0, 6.0_base, 7.0_base, 7.1_base, 7.2_base, 7.3.101.0, 7.3.103.8, 7.3.112, 7.3_base, 7.4.1.1, 7.4.100, 7.4.100.60, 7.4.110.0, 7.4.121.0, 7.4_base, 7.5.102.0, 7.5.102.11, 7.5_base, 7.6.1.62, 7.6.100.0, 7.6.110.0, 7.6.120.0, 7.6.130.0, 8.0.0, 8.0.0.30220.385, 8.0.72.140, 8.0.100, 8.0.115.0, 8.0.120.0, 8.0.121.0, 8.1.0, 8.1.104.37, 8.1.111.0, 8.1.122.0, 8.1.130.0, 182.0, 188.0, 196.0, 199.4, 202.0, 98.0, 98.218, 116.0, 220.0, 240.0, 250.0, 252.0, 91.0, 103.0, 1.19, 1.54, 140.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 2nd, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.