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CVE-2023-4162 Detail

Description

A segmentation fault can occur in Brocade Fabric OS after Brocade Fabric OS v9.0 and before Brocade Fabric OS v9.2.0a through the passwdcfg command. This could allow an authenticated privileged user local user to crash a Brocade Fabric OS swith using the cli “passwdcfg --set -expire -minDiff“.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score matches with CNA score
CNA:  Brocade Communications Systems, LLC
Base Score:  4.4 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0010/
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/22513 Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Reference acceptance level Brocade Communications Systems, LLC  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-4162
NVD Published Date:
08/30/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/24/2023
Source:
Brocade Communications Systems, LLC