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CVE-2017-6227

MEDIUM
6.5CVSS
Published: 2018-02-08
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

Description

A vulnerability in the IPv6 stack on Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) versions before 7.4.2b, 8.1.2 and 8.2.0 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and device hang) condition by sending crafted Router Advertisement (RA) messages to a targeted system.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
adjacent network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor
BROADCOM
Published
2/8/2018
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

broadcom : fabric_operating_systembroadcom : fabric_operating_systembroadcom : fabric_operating_systembroadcom : fabric_operating_systembroadcom : fabric_operating_systembroadcom : fabric_operating_systembroadcom : fabric_operating_systembrocade : fabric_os

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