CVE-2023-4162 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-4162

Segmentation fault in Brocade Fabric OS after Brocade Fabric OS v9.0

Vulnerability Description

A segmentation fault can occur in Brocade Fabric OS after Brocade Fabric OS v9.0 and before Brocade Fabric OS v9.2.0a through the passwdcfg command. This could allow an authenticated privileged user local user to crash a Brocade Fabric OS swith using the cli “passwdcfg --set -expire -minDiff“.

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

Affected Software

Fabric OS
Vulnerable Versions:
Brocade Fabric OS after Brocade Fabric OS v9.0 and before Brocade Fabric OS v9.2.0a

Timeline

Official Publish: August 31st, 2023
Last Modified: September 30th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-252

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.