CVE-2017-6227 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-6227

A vulnerability in the IPv6 stack on Brocade Fibre Channel...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

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Affected Software

Brocade FABRIC OS
Vulnerable Versions:
all versions before 7.4.2b, 8.1.2 and 8.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 8th, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.