Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Services Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
CVE-2023-22784

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

HP (HP)

Status
Aruba Access Points Running Instantos And Arubaos 10
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 May 2023

What is CVE-2023-22784?

Aruba's Access Point Management Protocol (PAPI) is vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution via specially crafted packets sent to the PAPI UDP port (8211). If successfully exploited, these vulnerabilities could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges, posing a significant security risk to network environments.

Affected Version(s)

Aruba Access Points running InstantOS and ArubaOS 10 InstantOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.2 and below

Aruba Access Points running InstantOS and ArubaOS 10 InstantOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.2 and below

Aruba Access Points running InstantOS and ArubaOS 10 ArubaOS 10.3.x.x: 10.3.1.4 and below

References

https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2023...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Erik de Jong (bugcrowd.com/erikdejong)
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CVE-2023-22784 : Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Services Accessed by the PAPI Protocol