vulnerability
Aruba AOS-10: CVE-2023-45616: Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in AirWave Client Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 14, 2023 | Jan 14, 2025 | Apr 2, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 14, 2023
Added
Jan 14, 2025
Modified
Apr 2, 2026
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.
Solution
aruba-aos-10-cve-2023-45616
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