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CVE-2021-25149 (GCVE-0-2021-25149)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-29 23:58 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:56
VLAI
Summary
A remote buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in some Aruba Instant Access Point (IAP) products in version(s): Aruba Instant 6.4.x: 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.17 and below; Aruba Instant 6.5.x: 6.5.4.16 and below; Aruba Instant 8.3.x: 8.3.0.12 and below; Aruba Instant 8.5.x: 8.5.0.6 and below; Aruba Instant 8.6.x: 8.6.0.2 and below. Aruba has released patches for Aruba Instant that address this security vulnerability.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • remote buffer overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Aruba Instant Access Points Affected: Aruba Instant 6.4.x: 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.17 and below
Affected: Aruba Instant 6.5.x: 6.5.4.16 and below
Affected: Aruba Instant 8.3.x: 8.3.0.12 and below
Affected: Aruba Instant 8.5.x: 8.5.0.6 and below
Affected: Aruba Instant 8.6.x: 8.6.0.2 and below
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