CVE-2016-8205 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2

What is CVE-2016-8205?

CVE-2016-8205 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2, published on 14 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A Directory Traversal vulnerability in DashboardFileReceiveServlet in the Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 could allow remote attackers to upload a malicious file in a section of the file system where it can be executed.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8205?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Brocade Network Advisor.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8205?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-8205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2

• CVE-2018-6444 A Vulnerability in Brocade Network Advisor versions before 14.1.0 could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitray code. Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6443 Hardcoded credentials in Brocade Network Advisor High 8.1
• CVE-2018-6445 Information disclosure in Brocade Network Advisor High 7.5
• CVE-2016-8206 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 High 7.5
• CVE-2016-8207 Path traversal in Brocade Network Advisor versions released prior to and including 14.0.2 High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pxvr-xxpx-jmg5.