Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Aironet Access Points Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the packet processing code of Cisco IOS Software for Cisco Aironet Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to retrieve content from memory on an affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information.

The vulnerability is due to insufficient condition checks that are performed by the affected device when the device adds padding to egress packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve content from memory on the affected device, which could lead to the disclosure of confidential information.

There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is available at the following link:
http://ift.tt/2z6d3au
Security Impact Rating: Medium
CVE: CVE-2017-12279

from Cisco Security Advisory http://ift.tt/2z6d3au