Headline
CVE-2023-4163: Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal
In Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a, a local authenticated privileged user can trigger a buffer overflow condition, leading to a kernel panic with large input to buffers in the portcfgfportbuffers command.
CVE-2023-4163 - Possible buffer overflow in portcfgfportbuffers in Brocade Fabric OS
Brocade Security Advisory ID
BSA-2023-2368
Component
CLI
Summary
In Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a, a local authenticated privileged user can trigger a buffer overflow condition, leading to a kernel panic with large input to buffers in the portcfgfportbuffers command.
Note: All Brocade Fabric OS versions are affected.
Products Affected
Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a
Solution
The security update is provided in Brocade Fabric OS v9.2.0a
Credit
The issue was discovered during internal penetration testing.
Revision History
Version
Change
Date
1.0
Initial Publication
August 29, 2023
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