CVE-2018-5790

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is Remote, Unauthenticated "Global" Denial of Service in the RIM (Radio Interface Module) over the MINT (Media Independent Tunnel) Protocol on the WiNG Access Point via crafted packets.

Affected products

Extremewireless Wing: from 5.0 before 5.8.6.9; from 5.9.0 before 5.9.1.3 — fixed in 5.8.6.9, 5.9.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Extremewireless Wing 5.8.6.9, 5.9.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003
https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003

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