CVE-2017-6227

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    CVE-2017-6227

    Published: 8 Feb 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2018-526

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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