[NEWS] Aruba Mobility Controller Management Buffer Overflow



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Aruba Mobility Controller Management Buffer Overflow
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SUMMARY

The Aruba Mobility Controller s management interfaces are susceptible to a
heap based buffer overflow vulnerability.

DETAILS

Systems Affected:
* All Aruba Networks Mobility Controllers (200, 800, 2400, and 6000)
running software versions greater than 2.0 Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess
Wireless 43xx and 6000 running software versions 2.0 and later.

Details:
Both the command line based and the web based management interface of the
Aruba Mobility Controller are vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow
when overly long strings are passed as credentials. This can potentially
lead to remote code execution, resulting in a system compromise.

Impact:
The overflow will in any case result in memory corruption that crashes the
management interface s process, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS)
condition of the remote management capabilities. A carefully crafted
overflow may result in code execution, allowing an attacker to fully
control the device.

Solution:
Aruba Networks has made patched firmware available to their customers, who
should be able to retrieve it through Aruba's support site
<https://support.arubanetworks.com> https://support.arubanetworks.com. As
a workaround, restrict access to the administrative interfaces or disable
them, reverting to console-only administration.

Vendor communication:
2007/01/11 - Initial notification to Aruba WSIRT
2007/01/11 - Aruba WSIRT assigns contact
2007/01/11 - n.runs provides crashdump to Aruba
2007/01/15 - Aruba provides feedback on the vulnerability
2007/01/18 - Patches available
2007/01/27 - n.runs verifies patched firmware


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:security@xxxxxxxxx> n.runs.
The original article can be found at: <http://www.nruns.com/>
http://www.nruns.com/



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