PT-2018-17894 · Aruba · Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager

Published 2018-12-07 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-7079

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager versions prior to 6.7.6 Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager versions prior to 6.6.10-hotfix

Description The issue concerns a guest authorization failure in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager. Certain administrative operations in ClearPass Guest do not properly enforce authorization rules. This allows any authenticated administrative user to execute those operations regardless of privilege level, potentially enabling low-privilege users to view, modify, or delete guest users.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.7.6, update to version 6.7.6 to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 6.6.10-hotfix, apply the 6.6.10-hotfix to resolve the issue.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-7079

Affected Products

Aruba Clearpass Policy Manager

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7079 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-007.txt · Vendor Advisory