CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-27791
5.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The function that is used to parse the Authentication header in Brocade Fabric OS Web application service before Brocade Fabric OS v9.0.1a and v8.2.3a fails to properly process a malformed authentication header from the client, resulting in reading memory addresses outside the intended range. An unauthenticated attacker could discover a request, which could bypass the authentication process.
Affected configurations
• broadcom fabric operating system (>= 8.2.1 < 8.2.3a)
• broadcom fabric operating system (>= 9.0.0 < 9.0.1a)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2021-1491 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210819-0002/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2021-1491 Vendor Advisory