7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-8209
Brocade NetIron Denial of Service
Description

Improper checks for unusual or exceptional conditions in Brocade NetIron 05.8.00 and later releases up to and including 06.1.00, when the Management Module is continuously scanned on port 22, may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reload) of the management module.

INFO

Published Date :

May 8, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 8, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8209 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Brocade netiron_mlx_series_firmware
2 Brocade netiron_cer_series_firmware
3 Brocade netiron_ces_series_firmware
4 Brocade netiron_xmr_series_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038402
https://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-315.htm Vendor Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038402 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-315.htm No Types Assigned https://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/security-bulletin/brocade-security-advisory-2017-315.htm Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-754
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:brocade:netiron_mlx_series_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_mlxe-16:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_mlxe-32:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_mlxe-4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_mlxe-8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:brocade:netiron_cer_series_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_cer_2024c-4x-rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_cer_2024f-4x-rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_cer_2024f-rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_cer_2048fx-rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:brocade:netiron_ces_series_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_ces_2024c-4x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_ces_2024f-4x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_ces_2048fx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:brocade:netiron_xmr_series_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_xmr_16000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_xmr_32000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_xmr_4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:brocade:netiron_xmr_8000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} 0.00%

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0.44147

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