CVE-2023-31430 buffer overflow vulnerability in “secpolicydelete” command

What is CVE-2023-31430?

CVE-2023-31430 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS, published on 1 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in “secpolicydelete” command in Brocade Fabric OS before Brocade Fabric OS v9.1.1c and v9.2.0 could allow an authenticated privileged user to crash the Brocade Fabric OS switch leading to a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31430?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Broadcom Brocade Fabric Operating System.

How do I fix CVE-2023-31430?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31430 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-31430 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31430 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Brocade Fabric OS

• CVE-2023-31432 Privilege issues in multiple commands High 7.8
• CVE-2023-31926 Arbitrary File Overwrite using less command High 7.1
• CVE-2021-23133 Linux Kernel sctp_destroy_sock race condition Medium 6.7
• CVE-2023-31928 XSS vulnerability in Brocade Webtools Medium 6.3
• CVE-2023-31428 CLI allows upload or transfer files of dangerous types Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5m2p-p2cf-cgcg.