Aruba Networks ClearPass up to 6.6.3 SSH Lockout 7pk security

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Aruba Networks ClearPass up to 6.6.3. This affects an unknown part of the component SSH Lockout. The manipulation leads to 7pk security. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-9001. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Aruba Networks ClearPass up to 6.6.3. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component SSH Lockout. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Aruba ClearPass 6.6.3 and later includes a feature called "SSH Lockout", which causes ClearPass to lock accounts with too many login failures through SSH. When this feature is enabled, an unauthenticated remote command execution vulnerability is present which could allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with "root" privilege level. This vulnerability is only present when a specific feature has been enabled. The SSH Lockout feature is not enabled by default, so only systems which have enabled this feature are vulnerable.

The bug was discovered 05/15/2017. The weakness was presented 08/06/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at arubanetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-9001 since 05/15/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/13/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1211 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 448 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-122664 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Aruba Networks

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• ClearPass

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• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3

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• commercial

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