Aruba Networks ArubaOS-CX Switches LLDP Service/Management Plane resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Aruba Networks ArubaOS-CX Switches. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component LLDP Service/Management Plane. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-23689. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Aruba Networks ArubaOS-CX Switches (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component LLDP Service/Management Plane. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the processing of packet data by the LLDP service of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to impact the availability of the AOS-CX LLDP service and/or the management plane of the switch in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1010 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1050 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0190 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for ArubaOS-CX Switch Devices that address these security vulnerabilities.

The weakness was published 09/07/2022 as ARUBA-PSA-2022-012. The advisory is available at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-23689 since 01/19/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/17/2025).

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

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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01/19/2022 🔍
09/07/2022 +230 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ARUBA-PSA-2022-012
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-23689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-23689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-208010

Entryinfo

Created: 09/07/2022 16:46
Updated: 06/17/2025 23:09
Changes: 09/07/2022 16:46 (36), 10/14/2022 07:20 (2), 06/17/2025 23:09 (26)
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