CVE-2021-25141 Denial of service in Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series; Aruba 2930F Switch Series; Aruba 2920 Switch Series; Aruba 2930M Switch Series; Aruba 2530 Switch Series; Aruba 2540 Switch Series; Aruba 3800 Switch Series; HPE 3500 and 3500 yl Switch Series; Aruba 3810M Switch Series; HPE 8200 zl Switch Series; Aruba 2620 Switch Series; Aruba 5400 zl Switch Series; HPE 6200 yl Switch Series
An authenticated administrator can cause a denial of service on HPE and Aruba switches by sending unexpected data to the management interface.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25141?
CVE-2021-25141 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series; Aruba 2930F Switch Series; Aruba 2920 Switch Series; Aruba 2930M Switch Series; Aruba 2530 Switch Series; Aruba 2540 Switch Series; Aruba 3800 Switch Series; HPE 3500 and 3500 yl Switch Series; Aruba 3810M Switch Series; HPE 8200 zl Switch Series; Aruba 2620 Switch Series; Aruba 5400 zl Switch Series; HPE 6200 yl Switch Series, published on 9 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A security vulnerability has been identified in in certain HPE and Aruba L2/L3 switch firmware. A data processing error due to improper handling of an unexpected data type in user supplied information to the switch's management interface has been identified. The data processing error could be exploited to cause a crash or reboot in the switch management interface and/or possibly the switch itself leading to local denial of service (DoS). The user must have administrator privileges to exploit this vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25141?
It affects 15 products.
Products include Arubanetworks Aruba 2530ya Firmware, Arubanetworks Aruba 2530yb Firmware, Arubanetworks Aruba 2540 Firmware, Arubanetworks Aruba 2620 Firmware, Arubanetworks Aruba 2920 Firmware, Arubanetworks Aruba 2930f Firmware and 9 more.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25141?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25141 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-25141 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25141 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqq4-pgj5-fwxq.