Summary:

An argument injection vulnerability exists in the configuration management command-line utility of Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1. When executing configuration viewing commands with search pattern filters, the utility fails to sanitize user-supplied search string options before passing them to internal search commands. An authenticated user with low-privilege administrative access can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the local operating system, including sensitive configuration files, system password hashes and system secrets.

Products Affected

• Brocade Fabric OS versions before 9.2.2d and 10.0.0 through 10.0.0a1

Products Not Affected

• Brocade SANnav is not affected by this vulnerability
  [VEX Justification: Component_not_present]
• Brocade ASCG is not affected by this vulnerability
  [VEX Justification: Component_not_present]

Solution

• A security update is provided in Brocade Fabric OS 9.2.2d and 10.0.1

Note: This is a Frontier AI discovered vulnerability.

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