Aruba AP PAPI Buffer Overflow RCE
CVE-2024-31466 Published on May 14, 2024
Unauthenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in CLI Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
There are buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the underlying CLI 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 these vulnerabilities result in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-31466 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Stack Overflow Vulnerability?
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
CVE-2024-31466 has been classified to as a Stack Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-31466
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Affected Versions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) AOS-8 Instant and AOS-10 AP:- Version 10.5.0.0, <= 10.5.1.0 is affected.
- Version 10.4.0.0, <= 10.4.1.0 is affected.
- Version 8.11.0.0, <= 8.11.2.1 is affected.
- Version 8.10.0.0, <= 8.10.0.10 is affected.
- Version 8.6.0.0, <= 8.6.0.23 is affected.
- Version 10.5.0.0, <= 10.5.1.0 is affected.
- Version 10.4.0.0, <= 10.4.1.0 is affected.
- Version 8.10.0.0, <= 8.10.0.10 is affected.
- Version 8.11.0.0, <= 8.11.2.1 is affected.
- Version 8.6.0.0, <= 8.6.0.23 is affected.
- Version 10.3.0.0 and below 10.4.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.9.0.0 and below 8.10.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.8.0.0 and below 8.9.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.5.0.0 and below 8.6.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.7.0.0 and below 8.8.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.4.0.0 and below 8.5.0.0 is affected.
- Version 6.5.0.0 and below 6.6.0.0 is affected.
- Version 6.4.0.0 and below 6.5.0.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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