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CVE-2013-1235


Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) devices do not properly address the resource consumption of terminated TELNET sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TELNET outage) by making many TELNET connections and improperly ending these connections, aka Bug ID CSCug35507.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-1235 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 16 products from cisco, from cisco, from cisco and 13 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2013-05-04T03:24:41.720

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Hardware cisco 2000_wireless_lan_controller * Yes
Hardware cisco 2100_wireless_lan_controller * Yes
Hardware cisco 2106_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco 2112_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco 2125_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco 2500_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco 2504_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco 4100_wireless_lan_controller * Yes
Hardware cisco 4400_wireless_lan_controller * Yes
Hardware cisco 4402_wireless_lan_controller * Yes
Hardware cisco 4404_wireless_lan_controller * Yes
Hardware cisco 5500_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco 7500_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco 8500_wireless_lan_controller - Yes
Hardware cisco airespace_4000_wireless_lan_controller * Yes
Hardware cisco wireless_lan_controller * Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For cisco's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.