34134 : Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Default Community/Private SNMP Strings
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-04-12

Keywords

CSCse02384

Description

By default, Wireless LAN Controller installs with default SNMP community strings. The read-only string is 'public,' and the read-write string is 'private' which is publicly known and documented. This allows attackers to trivially access the program or system.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Wireless Vector
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.1.171.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Watch-list
Wireless LAN Controller
Watch-list
3.2
4.0

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-04-18 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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