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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-31470

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) service that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's Access Point…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.19%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the underlying SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) service that could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets destined to the PAPI (Aruba's Access Point management protocol) UDP port (8211). Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in the ability to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user on the underlying operating system.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.19% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121
Affected
arubanetworks/arubaos · hp/instantos
Source
security-alert@hpe.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.