CVE-2017-6227 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running specific versions of Brocade Fabric OS. An attacker on the same network segment could exploit this by sending specially crafted IPv6 Router Advertisement messages, leading to high CPU consumption and a device hang. Rated as medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires adjacent network access but no user interaction. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.4.2bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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