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Document Subtype: Security Bulletin Document ID: hpesbnw04126en_us Last Updated: 2024-06-21 Release Date: 2021-04-26 Document Version: 2 Potential Security Impact: Remote: Escalation of Privilege, SQL Injection, URL Redirection, Unauthorized Access, Authentication Restriction Bypass, XML External Entity (XXE), Insecure Deserialization Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE Product Security Response Team VULNERABILITY SUMMARY Overview Aruba has released updates to the AirWave Management Platform that address multiple security vulnerabilities. Note: Information originally published in hpe_aruba_networking_-_2021-010.txt Affected Products AirWave Management Platform prior to 8.2.12.1 Details Authentication Bypass in AirWave Web-based Management Interface (CVE-2021-25147) A vulnerability exists which allows an unauthenticated attacker to assume an administrative role on the AirWave web-based management interface. Successful exploitation of this issue requires factors that may be beyond the direct control of an attacker. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain complete administrative control of the AirWave instance. Internal references: ATLAW-131 Severity: High CVSSv3 Overall Score: 8.1 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Discovery: This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Daniel Jensen (@dozernz) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program Deserialization Vulnerabilities in AirWave Web-based Management Interface (CVE-2021-25151, CVE-2021-25152) Vulnerabilities in the deserialization functions used in multiple locations by the AirWave web-based management interface could allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying host. A successful exploit allows an attacker to execute commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise. Internal references: ATLAW-125, ATLAW-141 Severity: High CVSSv3 Overall Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Discovery: These vulnerabilities were discovered and reported by Daniel Jensen (@dozernz) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program SQL Injection Vulnerability in AirWave API Interface (CVE-2021-25153) A vulnerability in the API of AirWave could allow an authenticated remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks against the AirWave instance. A successful exploit allows an attacker to obtain and modify sensitive information in the underlying database. Internal references: ATLAW-31, ATLAW-156 Severity: Medium CVSSv3 Overall Score: 6.5 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Discovery: This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Erik de Jong (bugcrowd.com/erikdejong) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AirWave Web-based Management Interface (CVE-2021-25154) A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of AirWave could allow a remote authenticated user with read-only privileges to escalate those privileges to those of a full administrative user. Successful exploitation of this issue requires factors that may be beyond the direct control of an attacker. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to gain complete administrative control of the AirWave instance. Internal references: ATLAW-143 Severity: Medium CVSSv3 Overall Score: 5.9 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L Discovery: This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Daniel Jenson (@dozernz) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program Authenticated XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in AirWave Web-based Management Interface (CVE-2021-25163, CVE-2021-25164, CVE-2021-25165) Due to improper restrictions on XML entities multiple vulnerabilities exist in the web-based management interface of AirWave. A successful exploit could allow an authenticated attacker to retrieve files from the local system or cause the application to consume system resources, resulting in a denial of service condition. Internal references: ATLAW-22, ATLAW-28, ATLAW-151 ATLAW-165, ATLAW-166 Severity: Medium CVSSv3 Overall Score: 5.5 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Discovery: These vulnerabilities were discovered and reported by Vidya Bhaskar Tripathi (www.linkedin.com/in/vbtr/), harishkumar0394 (bugcrowd.com/harishkumar0394) and Daniel Jensen (@dozernz) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program Authenticated Remote Command Injection in AirWave Web-based Management Interface (CVE-2021-25166, CVE-2021-25167) Vulnerabilities in the AirWave web-based management interface could allow remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. A successful exploit allows an attacker to execute commands as a lower privileged user on the underlying operating system leading to partial system compromise. Internal references: ATLAW-46, ATLAW-139 Severity: Medium CVSSv3 Overall Score: 4.7 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Discovery: These vulnerabilities were discovered and reported by Daniel Jensen (@dozernz) and Erik de Jong (bugcrowd.com/erikdejong) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program Authenticated Open Redirect Vulnerability in AirWave Web-based Management Interface (CVE-2021-29137) A vulnerability in AirWave allows authenticated users of the AirWave web-based management interface to be redirected to untrusted websites. A successful exploit requires social engineering of these authenticated users. Internal references: ATLAW-128 Severity: Medium CVSSv3 Overall Score: 4.7 CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N Discovery: This vulnerability was discovered and reported by rceman (bugcrowd.com/rceman) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program Exploitation and Public Discussion Aruba is not aware of any exploitation tools or techniques that specifically target Aruba products. References: CVE-2021-25147 - Remote Authentication Restriction Bypass CVE-2021-25151 - Remote Insecure Deserialization CVE-2021-25152 - Remote Insecure Deserialization CVE-2021-25153 - Remote SQL Injection CVE-2021-25154 - Remote Escalation of Privilege CVE-2021-25163 - Remote XML External Entity CVE-2021-25164 - Remote XML External Entity CVE-2021-25165 - Remote XML External Entity CVE-2021-25166 - Remote Unauthorized Access CVE-2021-25167 - Remote Unauthorized Access CVE-2021-29137 - Remote URL Redirection SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed. Aruba AirWave Management Platform - Prior to 8.2.12.1 BACKGROUND HPE calculates CVSS using CVSS Version 3.1. If the score is provided from NIST, we will display Version 2.0, 3.0, or 3.1 as provided from NVD. Reference V3 Vector V3 Base Score V2 Vector V2 Base Score CVE-2021-25147 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 7.6 CVE-2021-25151 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C) 8.3 CVE-2021-25152 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C) 8.3 CVE-2021-25153 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N) 7.7 CVE-2021-25154 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L 5.9 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:P) 6.1 CVE-2021-25163 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H 5.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:N/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-25164 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H 5.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:N/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-25165 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H 5.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:N/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-25166 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L 4.7 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P) 5.8 CVE-2021-25167 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L 4.7 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P) 5.8 CVE-2021-29137 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N 4.7 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) 5.0 Information on CVSS is documented in HPE Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002 These vulnerabilities were discovered and reported by rceman (bugcrowd.com/rceman), Daniel Jensen (@dozernz), Vidya Bhaskar Tripathi (www.linkedin.com/in/vbtr/), harishkumar0394 (bugcrowd.com/harishkumar0394) and Erik De Jong (bugcrowd.com/erikdejong) via Aruba's Bug Bounty Program. RESOLUTION Upgrade AirWave Management Platform to 8.2.12.1 and above. Workaround To minimize the likelihood of an attacker exploiting these vulnerabilities, Aruba recommends that the CLI and web-based management interfaces for AirWave be restricted to a dedicated layer 2 segment/VLAN and/or controlled by firewall policies at layer 3 and above. HISTORY Version:1 (rev.1) - 26 April 2021 Initial release Version:2 (rev.2) - 20 June 2024 Updating HPE and CSAF links for webpage conversion Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installed on systems running Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy. Support: For issues about implementing the recommendations of this Security Bulletin, contact normal HPE Services support channel. For other issues about the content of this Security Bulletin, send e-mail to security-alert@hpe.com. Report: To report a potential security vulnerability for any HPE supported product: Web Form: https://www.hpe.com/info/report-security-vulnerability Email: security-alert@hpe.com Hewlett Packard Enterprise Product Security Response Policy: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=a00100637en_us Subscribe: To initiate a subscription to receive future HPE Security Bulletin alerts via Email: http://www.hpe.com/support/Subscriber_Choice Security Bulletin Archive: A list of recently released Security Bulletins is available here: http://www.hpe.com/support/Security_Bulletin_Archive System management and security procedures must be reviewed frequently to maintain system integrity. HPE is continually reviewing and enhancing the security features of software products to provide customers with current secure solutions. 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Upgrade AirWave Management Platform to 8.2.12.1 and above. Workaround To minimize the likelihood of an attacker exploiting these vulnerabilities, Aruba recommends that the CLI and web-based management interfaces for AirWave be restricted to a dedicated layer 2 segment/VLAN and/or controlled by firewall policies at layer 3 and above. HISTORY Version:1 (rev.1) - 26 April 2021 Initial release Version:2 (rev.2) - 20 June 2024 Updating HPE and CSAF links for webpage conversion Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installed on systems running Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy. Support: For issues about implementing the recommendations of this Security Bulletin, contact normal HPE Services support channel. For other issues about the content of this Security Bulletin, send e-mail to security-alert@hpe.com. Report: To report a potential security vulnerability for any HPE supported product: Web Form: https://www.hpe.com/info/report-security-vulnerability Email: security-alert@hpe.com Hewlett Packard Enterprise Product Security Response Policy: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=a00100637en_us Subscribe: To initiate a subscription to receive future HPE Security Bulletin alerts via Email: http://www.hpe.com/support/Subscriber_Choice Security Bulletin Archive: A list of recently released Security Bulletins is available here: http://www.hpe.com/support/Security_Bulletin_Archive