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CVE-2017-6227

N/A
Published: February 8, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFabric Operating SystemFabric OSBrocade FABRIC OS

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

A vulnerability in the IPv6 stack on Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) versions before 7.4.2b, 8.1.2 and 8.2.0 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and device hang) condition by sending crafted Router Advertisement (RA) messages to a targeted system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fabric Operating System· Broadcom
95%
v < 7.4.2b8.0.08.0.18.0.28.0.2b28.1.08.1.18.1.2
Affected range stops below 7.4.2b, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Fabric OS· Brocade
95%
8.0.2b2
Brocade FABRIC OS· Brocade Communications
60%
v < 7.4.2b
Affected range stops below 7.4.2b, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-526

CVSS

6.1MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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