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Improper Authentication

CVE-2016-2032

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the Aruba AirWave Management Platform 8.x prior to 8.2 in the management interface of an underlying system component called RabbitMQ, which could let a malicious user obtain sensitive information. This interface listens on TCP port 15672 and 55672

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published