Launching soon: The world's first vendor agnostic bug scrubLearn more & join waitlist
OPERATIONAL DEFECT DATABASE
...
...
Document Subtype: Security Bulletin Document ID: hpesbnw04239en_us Last Updated: 2024-06-18 Release Date: 2022-02-02 Document Version: 3 Potential Security Impact: Local: Access Restriction Bypass, Arbitrary Code Execution, Compromise of System Integrity, Elevated Privileges, Gain Extended Privileges, Increase in Privilege, memory corruption Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE Product Security Response Team VULNERABILITY SUMMARY Title: HPE Aruba 9000 Series Gateways, Multiple UEFI Vulnerabilities Note: Information originally published in hpe_aruba_networking_-_2022-002.txt Note: A CSAF version of this document exists at hpe_aruba_networking_-_2022-002.json Aruba Product Security Advisory CVE: CVE-2020-5953, CVE-2021-41610, CVE-2021-41840, CVE-2021-41841 CVE-2021-41839, CVE-2020-27339, CVE-2021-33626, CVE-2021-33627, CVE-2021-41838, CVE-2021-41837, CVE-2021-43323, CVE-2021-42554, CVE-2021-33625, CVE-2021-43522, CVE-2021-42113, CVE-2021-42059 Publication Date: 2022-Feb-01 Last Update: 2023-Aug-31 Status: Confirmed Severity: Low Revision: 2 Overview On February 1st, 2022, multiple vulnerabilities in the UEFI implementation of Insyde H20 BIOS have been made public. Aruba 9000 Series Gateways are affected by these vulnerabilities. Affected Products Aruba 9004 Gateway Aruba 9004-LTE Series Gateway Aruba 9012 Series Gateway Aruba 9240 Series Gateway Affected Software Versions and Branches: ArubaOS 10.4.x.x: 10.4.0.1 and below ArubaOS 8.11.x.x: 8.11.1.0 and below ArubaOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.6 and below ArubaOS 8.6.x.x: 8.6.0.21 and below The following ArubaOS and SD-WAN software branches that are End of Support are affected by these vulnerabilities and are not patched by this advisory: ArubaOS 10.3.x.x: all ArubaOS 8.9.x.x: all ArubaOS 8.8.x.x: all ArubaOS 8.7.x.x: all ArubaOS 6.5.4.x: all SD-WAN 8.7.0.0-2.3.0.x: all SD-WAN 8.6.0.4-2.2.x.x: all Unaffected Products All other HPE Aruba Networks Controllers and Gateways are not affected. Details Multiple vulnerabilities in Insyde H20-based UEFI firmware were discovered and privately reported. Insyde H20 UEFI firmware is used by many vendors. These vulnerabilities also affect Aruba 9000 Series Gateways because they utilize Insyde H20-based UEFI firmware. Exploiting these vulnerabilities requires obtaining a "foothold" on the targeted device. This means that an attacker must already have an operating system shell as the root user in order to exploit any of these vulnerabilities. Details on these vulnerabilities can be found at: https://github.com/binarly-io/Vulnerability-REsearch HPE Aruba Networking does not evaluate or patch ArubaOS branches that have reached their End of Support (EoS) milestone. For more information about Aruba's End of Support policy visit: https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/end-of-life/ The risk of exploitation is considered low because there are many pre-requisite conditions that must be in place for these vulnerabilities to be exploited. Exploitation and Public Discussion Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can result in an attacker executing code with the highest possible permission level available on the platform. Specifically, exploitation can lead to code execution in System Management Mode (SMM), which is more privileged than even kernel-mode code execution. HPE Aruba Networking is not aware of any public proof of concept code. Workaround and Mitigations The ArubaOS platform does not grant users root access. An attacker would have to exploit another, different vulnerability first in order to obtain the level of access necessary to exploit these vulnerabilities. To further minimize the likelihood of an attacker exploiting these vulnerabilities, HPE Aruba Networking usually recommends that the CLI and web-based management interfaces for networking equipment be restricted to a dedicated layer 2 segment/VLAN and/or controlled by firewall policies at layer 3 and above. For gateways that are directly connected to the internet as in the case of the Aruba SD-WAN solution, please refer to the following document for details on hardening the WAN interface and its default policies. https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00104476en_us References: CVE-2020-5953 CVE-2021-41840 CVE-2021-41841 CVE-2021-41839 CVE-2021-33627 CVE-2021-41838 CVE-2021-41837 CVE-2021-43323 CVE-2021-42554 CVE-2021-33625 CVE-2021-43522 CVE-2021-42113 CVE-2021-42059 CVE-2020-27339 CVE-2021-33626 SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed. Aruba 9000 Gateway - See Vulnerability Summary for details Aruba 9200 Series Campus Gateways - See Vulnerability Summary for details 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-2020-27339 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 7.2 CVE-2020-5953 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.5 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.0 CVE-2021-33625 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.5 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-33626 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) 4.6 CVE-2021-33627 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-41837 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-41838 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-41839 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-41840 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.5 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.0 CVE-2021-41841 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-42059 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-42113 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-42554 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.5 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.0 CVE-2021-43323 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 8.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.8 CVE-2021-43522 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.5 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) 6.0 Information on CVSS is documented in HPE Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002 REPORTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT These vulnerabilities were discovered and reported by BINARLY efiXplorer team through US-CERT/VINCE. RESOLUTION Upgrade impacted 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways to one of the following ArubaOS versions to resolve all the vulnerabilities described in the details section: ArubaOS 10.4.x.x: 10.4.0.2 and above ArubaOS 8.11.x.x: 8.11.1.1 and above ArubaOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.7 and above ArubaOS 8.6.x.x: 8.6.0.22 and above HISTORY Version:1 (rev.1) - 2 February 2022 Initial release Version:2 (rev.2) - 30 August 2023 Updated affected and resolution information Version:3 (rev.3) - 17 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. "HPE is broadly distributing this Security Bulletin in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected HPE products the important security information contained in this Bulletin. HPE recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. HPE does not warrant that this information is necessarily accurate or complete for all user situations and, consequently, HPE will not be responsible for any damages resulting from user's use or disregard of the information provided in this Bulletin. To the extent permitted by law, HPE disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement." ©Copyright 2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information provided is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, neither HPE nor its affiliates, subcontractors or suppliers will be liable for incidental, special or consequential damages including downtime cost; lost profits; damages relating to the procurement of substitute products or services; or damages for loss of data, or software restoration. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development and the names of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development products referenced herein are trademarks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development in the United States and other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
None
Upgrade impacted 9200 and 9000 Series Controllers and Gateways to one of the following ArubaOS versions to resolve all the vulnerabilities described in the details section: ArubaOS 10.4.x.x: 10.4.0.2 and above ArubaOS 8.11.x.x: 8.11.1.1 and above ArubaOS 8.10.x.x: 8.10.0.7 and above ArubaOS 8.6.x.x: 8.6.0.22 and above HISTORY Version:1 (rev.1) - 2 February 2022 Initial release Version:2 (rev.2) - 30 August 2023 Updated affected and resolution information Version:3 (rev.3) - 17 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