CVE-2010-2979

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Cisco Unified Wireless Network (UWN) Solution 7.x before 7.0.98.0 on 5508 series controllers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer leak and device crash) via ARP requests that trigger an ARP storm, aka Bug ID CSCte43508.

Affected products

Cisco Unified Wireless Network Solution Software: 7.0, 7.0.98.0

References

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/release/notes/crn7.0.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/controller/release/notes/crn7.0.html

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