CVE-2024-33516 Denial of service in Aruba Mobility Conductor (formerly Mobility Master); Aruba Mobility Controllers; WLAN Gateways and SD-WAN Gateways managed by Aruba Central

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause a denial of service on ArubaOS controllers via the PAPI protocol, disrupting network operations.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-33516?

CVE-2024-33516 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 1 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the Auth service accessed via the PAPI protocol provided by ArubaOS. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to interrupt the normal operation of the controller.

Weakness: CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33516?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-33516?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33516 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-2024-33516 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33516 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Arubanetworks Arubaos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7mrx-37fj-85qg.

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