CVE-2022-33178. A vulnerability in the radius authentication system could allow arbitrary code execution.

Brocade Fabric OS

2 more products

21237

13 September 2022

13 September 2022

Closed

High

Base Score: 7.2 HIGH - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A

CVE-2022-33178

Summary

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2022-2077

Component : FOS

Revision : 1.0

A vulnerability in the radius authentication system of Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS 9.0 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the Brocade switch.

Due to improper input validation, the privileged attacker could provide a script as Brocade-Auth-Role parameter that could be executed.

Note: The issue was found during penetration testing against an older version of Brocade Fabric OS. Updated linux and architecture introduced with Brocade Fabric OS 9.0.0 prevents this attack and is not vulnerable.

Affected Product

All Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.0.0

Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable

  • Brocade Fabric OS v9.0.0 and later versions
  • No other Brocade Fibre Channel Products from Broadcom products are known to be affected by this vulnerability.

Solution

Security update provided in Brocade Fabric OS: v9.0.0 and later versions.

Credit

The issue was found during internal penetration testing

Revision History

Version

Change

Date

1.0

Initial Publication

Sept 13, 2022