Aruba AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Aruba AOS-CX. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Network Analytics Engine. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-1168. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Aruba AOS-CX. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Network Analytics Engine. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the AOS-CX Network Analytics Engine. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system, leading to a complete compromise of the switch running AOS-CX.
The advisory summarizes:
Any other Aruba products not listed above including AOS-S Switches, Aruba Intelligent Edge Switches, and HPE OfficeConnect Switches are not affected by these vulnerabilities.

The weakness was disclosed 03/22/2023 by Daniel Jensen (@dozernz) as ARUBA-PSA-2023-004 via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program. The advisory is shared for download at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-1168 since 03/03/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

Resolution
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In order to address the vulnerability in the affected release branches and switch platforms described above, it is recommended to upgrade the software to one of the following versions (as
applicable):

- AOS-CX 10.11.xxxx: 10.11.0001 and above.
- AOS-CX 10.10.xxxx: 10.10.1030 and above.
- AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0240 and above.

Aruba does not evaluate or patch AOS-CX firmware versions that have reached their End of Support (EoS) milestone.


Workaround
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To minimize the likelihood of an attacker exploiting this vulnerability, Aruba recommends that the CLI and web-based management interfaces be restricted to a dedicated layer 2 segment/VLAN and/or controlled by firewall policies at layer 3 and above.

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Affected

  • Aruba CX 10000 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 9300 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 8400 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 8325 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 8320 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 6400 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 6300 Switch Series
  • Aruba CX 6200F Switch Series
  • Aruba AOS-CX up to 10.10.1020
  • Aruba AOS-CX up to 10.09.1020
  • Aruba AOS-CX up to 10.08.1070
  • Aruba AOS-CX up to 10.06.0230

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/03/2023 🔍
03/22/2023 +19 days 🔍
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04/12/2023 +21 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ARUBA-PSA-2023-004
Researcher: Daniel Jensen (@dozernz)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-1168 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1168
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223512

Entryinfo

Created: 03/22/2023 08:02
Updated: 04/12/2023 14:20
Changes: 03/22/2023 08:02 (46), 03/22/2023 10:58 (7), 03/22/2023 11:07 (5), 04/12/2023 14:20 (11)
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Committer: Anonymous User
Cache ID: 216::103

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