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CVE-2021-25147: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A remote authentication restriction bypass vulnerability (CVE-2021-25147) was discovered in Aruba AirWave Management Platform versions prior to 8.2.12.1. The vulnerability was disclosed in April 2021 (NVD, CERT-FR).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 HIGH with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network exploitable with high attack complexity, requires no privileges or user interaction, and can potentially impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a high level (NVD).

Impact

A successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass authentication restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the system with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without requiring authentication, though it requires high attack complexity to successfully exploit (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Aruba has released patches for AirWave Management Platform that address this security vulnerability. Users should upgrade to version 8.2.12.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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