VDB-245461 · CVE-2023-45616 · ARUBA-PSA-2023-017

HPE ArubaOS AirWave Client Service buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HPE ArubaOS. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component AirWave Client Service. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-45616. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HPE ArubaOS (version now known) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component AirWave Client Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying AirWave client service that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's access point management protocol) UDP port (8211). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

The weakness was released 11/15/2023 as ARUBA-PSA-2023-017. The advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-45616 since 10/09/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/15/2023).

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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

ArubaOS

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.hpe.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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

CNA Base Score: 9.8
CNA Vector (Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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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

10/09/2023 🔍
11/15/2023 +37 days 🔍
11/15/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/15/2023 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hpe.com

Advisory: ARUBA-PSA-2023-017
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-45616 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-45616
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-245461

Entryinfo

Created: 11/15/2023 04:14
Changes: 11/15/2023 04:14 (49)
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