CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-7998

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco IOS on Aironet access points allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malformed EAP packet when 'dot11 aaa authenticator' debugging is enabled.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the operation of access points, potentially leading to network availability issues.

Recommendation

It is recommended to disable 'dot11 aaa authenticator' debugging and monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Cisco IOS on Aironet access points, when "dot11 aaa authenticator" debugging is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed EAP packet, aka Bug ID CSCul15509.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS