VDB-222045 · CVE-2023-22755 · ARUBA-PSA-2023-002

Aruba ArubaOS PAPI buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Aruba ArubaOS. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component PAPI. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-22755. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Aruba ArubaOS (unknown version). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component PAPI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There are buffer overflow vulnerabilities in multiple underlying operating system processes that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets via the PAPI protocol. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities result in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

The weakness was published 03/01/2023 as ARUBA-PSA-2023-002. The advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-22755 since 01/06/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/26/2023).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Aruba

Name

ArubaOS

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.1
CNA Vector (Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

01/06/2023 🔍
03/01/2023 +54 days 🔍
03/01/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2023 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ARUBA-PSA-2023-002
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-22755 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-22755
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-222045

Entryinfo

Created: 03/01/2023 10:41
Updated: 03/26/2023 14:44
Changes: 03/01/2023 10:41 (49), 03/26/2023 14:44 (11)
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