Aruba ArubaOS 8.10.0.11/8.11.2.2/10.4.1.1/10.5.1.1 Local User Authentication Database Service buffer overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Aruba ArubaOS 8.10.0.11/8.11.2.2/10.4.1.1/10.5.1.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Local User Authentication Database Service. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-33512. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Aruba ArubaOS 8.10.0.11/8.11.2.2/10.4.1.1/10.5.1.1. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Local User Authentication Database 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 Local User Authentication Database 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 advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-33512 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 05/01/2024).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Aruba

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• ArubaOS

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• 8.10.0.11
• 8.11.2.2
• 10.4.1.1
• 10.5.1.1

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• commercial

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