What is the severity of CVE-2009-2861?

CVE-2009-2861 has been assigned a high severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2861?

To mitigate CVE-2009-2861, it is recommended to upgrade affected Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point firmware.

What devices are affected by CVE-2009-2861?

CVE-2009-2861 affects Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point 1100 and 1200 models.

What impact does CVE-2009-2861 have on devices?

CVE-2009-2861 allows remote attackers to spoof a controller, leading to service outages.

Is CVE-2009-2861 being actively exploited?

As of the latest reports, CVE-2009-2861 has the potential for exploitation, but specific active exploits may vary.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2009-2861

high

7.3

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

27/8/2009

3/10/2022

7/8/2024

CVE-2009-2861

First published: Thu Aug 27 2009(Updated: )

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.

Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Cisco Aironet AP1100
Cisco Aironet AP1200

Remedy

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=18919

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2861?
CVE-2009-2861 has been assigned a high severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2861?
To mitigate CVE-2009-2861, it is recommended to upgrade affected Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point firmware.
What devices are affected by CVE-2009-2861?
CVE-2009-2861 affects Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point 1100 and 1200 models.
What impact does CVE-2009-2861 have on devices?
CVE-2009-2861 allows remote attackers to spoof a controller, leading to service outages.
Is CVE-2009-2861 being actively exploited?
As of the latest reports, CVE-2009-2861 has the potential for exploitation, but specific active exploits may vary.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2861?
CVE-2009-2861 has been assigned a high severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2861?
To mitigate CVE-2009-2861, it is recommended to upgrade affected Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point firmware.
What devices are affected by CVE-2009-2861?
CVE-2009-2861 affects Cisco Aironet Lightweight Access Point 1100 and 1200 models.
What impact does CVE-2009-2861 have on devices?
CVE-2009-2861 allows remote attackers to spoof a controller, leading to service outages.
Is CVE-2009-2861 being actively exploited?
As of the latest reports, CVE-2009-2861 has the potential for exploitation, but specific active exploits may vary.