CVE-2023-4163 (GCVE-0-2023-4163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 00:04 – Updated: 2025-06-26 14:21
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Summary
In Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a, a local authenticated privileged user can trigger a buffer overflow condition, leading to a kernel panic with large input to buffers in the portcfgfportbuffers command.
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Brocade Brocade Fabric OS Affected: Fabric OS before v9.2.0a
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