Critical severity · published Nov 14, 2023
CVE-2023-45616
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…
9.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
Arubaos · Arubanetworks
10.3.0.0 before 10.4.0.3; 10.5.0.0 · source: NVD
IN
Instantos · HP
6.4.0.0 before 8.6.0.23; 8.10.0.0 before 8.10.0.9; 8.11.0.0 before 8.11.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45616
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45616
Mitigation
https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023-017.txt
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