#VU25416 NULL pointer dereference in Unified Infrastructure Management - CVE-2020-8011

 

#VU25416 NULL pointer dereference in Unified Infrastructure Management - CVE-2020-8011

Published: February 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25416
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8011
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Unified Infrastructure Management
Software vendor:
Broadcom

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the robot (controller) component. A remote attacker can crash the Controller service.

The robot versions below 7.97HF8, 9.20HF9 and 9.20SHF9 are affected.


Remediation

Vendor recommends to update to the following solutions to address the vulnerability:

robot_update patches 7.97HF8 (or above), 9.20HF9 (or above), and 9.20SHF9 (or above)


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