2021-34612 | Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager command injection (ARUBA-PSA-2021-012)

By Max On Jul 11, 2021

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.8.8/6.9.5 (Policy Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A remote arbitrary command execution 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 published 07/09/2021 as ARUBA-PSA-2021-012. The advisory is shared at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-34612 since 06/10/2021. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

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