QID 43866

Date Published: 2021-09-27

QID 43866: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) ArubaOS Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (ARUBA-PSA-2021-016)

Aruba Networks provides data networking solutions for enterprises and businesses worldwide.

CVE-2021-37728: Authenticated Remote Path Traversal leading to Denial of Service in ArubaOS Command Line Interface.
Affected Versions:
- ArubaOS 8.5.0.x: 8.5.0.12 and below
- ArubaOS 8.6.0.x: 8.6.0.10 and below
- ArubaOS 8.7.x.x: 8.7.1.3 and below
- ArubaOS 8.8.0.x: 8.8.0.0 and below

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID gets the vulnerable ArubaOS version via SNMP.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute authenticated path traversal vulnerabilities exist in the ArubaOS command line interface and affect integrity and availability of the ArubaOS instance and may allow for modification of sensitive data.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to ARUBA-PSA-2021-016 for more information about patching these vulnerabilities.Workaround:
    Block access to the ArubaOS Command Line Interface from all untrusted users.
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ARUBA-PSA-2021-016 URL Logo www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2021-016.txt

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