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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in the Fabric OS used by IBM b-type SAN directors and switches.

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Summary

Brocade Fabric OS versions before v9.0.0 and after version v8.1.0, configured in Virtual Fabric mode contain a weakness in the ldap implementation .

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-15376
DESCRIPTION:   Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a weakness in the ldap implementation. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to login in the Brocade Fibre Channel SAN switch with "user" privileges if it is not associated with any groups.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192816 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
FOS9.0
FOS8.2

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

27 Jan 2021: Initial Publication
31 March 2021: Added FOS 8.2.3 list of releases with the fix

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
31 March 2021

Initial Publish date:
27 January 2021

UID

ibm16409182