2021-29152 | Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager denial of service (ARUBA-PSA-2021-012)

By Max On Jul 11, 2021

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A vulnerability was found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.8.8/6.9.5 (Policy Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

A remote denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): Prior to 6.10.0, 6.9.6 and 6.8.9. Aruba has released updates to ClearPass Policy Manager that address this security vulnerability.

The weakness was released 07/09/2021 as ARUBA-PSA-2021-012. The advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-29152 since 03/24/2021. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.8.9, 6.9.6 or 6.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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