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The Aruba Mobility Controllers are used to process and control network traffic in a wireless network. The Aruba Mobility Controller Management Interface is a utility used to configure and manage the Aruba Mobility Controllers. The management interface can be accessed via a command line or a web-based interface.

The Aruba Mobility Controller contains an guest account, which is intended to have restricted privileges on the Mobility Controller. However, due to an unspecified implementation error, an attacker with access to the guest account may be able to gain administrative privileges on the Mobility Controller.

According to Aruba Networks this vulnerability affects Aruba Networks Mobility Controllers (200, 800, 2400, and 6000) running software versions 2.0 and later and Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Wireless 43xx and 6000 running software versions 2.0 and later.

A remote attacker may be able to gain administrative privileges on the Aruba Mobility Controller.

Apply a patch from Aruba
Aruba has released a patch to address this vulnerability. For more information refer to the Systems Affected section of this document.

Restrict access

You may wish to block access to the vulnerable software from outside your network perimeter, specifically by blocking access to Aruba Mobility Controller Management Interface web site as well as the device itself. This will limit your exposure to attacks.

Disable captive portal access

Disabling captive portal access if it is not needed may mitigate this vulnerability.