CVE-2023-4163

Possible buffer overflow in portcfgfportbuffers in Brocade Fabric OS

Published Aug 31, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In
Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a, a local authenticated privileged user
can trigger a buffer overflow condition, leading to a kernel panic with
large input to buffers in the portcfgfportbuffers command.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-54042 In Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a, a local authenticated privileged user can trigger a buffer overflow condition, leading to a kernel panic with large input to buffers in the portcfgfportbuffers command.
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00026}

epss

{'score': 0.00025}

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description In Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a, a local authenticated privileged user can trigger a buffer overflow condition, leading to a kernel panic with large input to buffers in the portcfgfportbuffers command. In Brocade Fabric OS before v9.2.0a, a local authenticated privileged user can trigger a buffer overflow condition, leading to a kernel panic with large input to buffers in the portcfgfportbuffers command.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
brocade
Published
Updated
Jun 26, 2025, 2:21 PM
Reserved
Aug 4, 2023, 6:24 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 31, 2023, 1:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM