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CVE-2021-25167:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A remote insecure deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2021-25167) was discovered in Aruba AirWave Management Platform versions prior to 8.2.12.1. This vulnerability was disclosed in April 2021 and affects the AirWave Management Platform software (CERT-FR).
Technical details
The vulnerability is related to insecure deserialization of data in the AirWave Management Platform. This type of vulnerability typically occurs when untrusted data is deserialized without proper validation, potentially allowing malicious code execution (CERT-FR).
Impact
A successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data compromise, or system manipulation (CERT-FR).
Mitigation and workarounds
Aruba has released patches for AirWave Management Platform that address this security vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to version 8.2.12.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability (CERT-FR).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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