CVE-2022-23688 Denial of service in Aruba CX 6200F Switch Series; Aruba 6300 Switch Series; Aruba 6400 Switch Series; Aruba 8325 Switch Series; Aruba 8400 Switch Series; Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series; ArubaOS-CX Switches

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can disrupt the availability of the LLDP service and management plane on ArubaOS-CX switches by exploiting packet processing vulnerabilities.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-23688?

CVE-2022-23688 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Aruba CX 6200F Switch Series; Aruba 6300 Switch Series; Aruba 6400 Switch Series; Aruba 8325 Switch Series; Aruba 8400 Switch Series; Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series; ArubaOS-CX Switches, published on 6 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the processing of packet data by the LLDP service of AOS-CX. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to impact the availability of the AOS-CX LLDP service and/or the management plane of the switch in ArubaOS-CX Switches version(s): AOS-CX 10.09.xxxx: 10.09.1010 and below, AOS-CX 10.08.xxxx: 10.08.1050 and below, AOS-CX 10.06.xxxx: 10.06.0190 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for ArubaOS-CX Switch Devices that address these security vulnerabilities.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23688?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Arubanetworks Aos-Cx.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23688?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23688 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-2022-23688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fjmh-46wx-6h6h.

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