CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-7120 — Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.3

A local authenticated buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): Prior to 6.9.5, 6.8.8-HF1, 6.7.14-HF1. A vulnerability in ClearPass OnGuard could allow local authenticated users to cause a buffer overflow condition. A successful exploit could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context the binary is running in, which is a lower privileged account.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.3 (3.1)
Published
2021-02-23
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Affected products

  • arubanetworks / clearpass_policy_manager

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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