What is CVE-2023-35979?

CVE-2023-35979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-35979?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Arubanetworks Arubaos

CVE-2023-35979

There is an unauthenticated buffer overflow vulnerability in the process controlling the ArubaOS web-based management interface. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition affecting the web-based management interface of the controller.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (46.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

security-alert@hpe.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-35979?: CVE-2023-35979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-35979?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.