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Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-6227

CVE-2017-6227

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.

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Affected products

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  • Broadcom Corporation/Fabric Operating System7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.4.2b
    • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Brocade/Fabric OS2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:brocade:fabric_os:8.0.2b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:brocade:fabric_os:8.0.2b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <7.4.2b, <8.1.2, <8.2.0
  • Brocade/Fibre Channel SAN productsllm-create
    Range: <7.4.2b, <8.1.2, <8.2.0
  • Brocade Communications Systems, Inc./Brocade FABRIC OSv5
    Range: all versions before 7.4.2b, 8.1.2 and 8.2.0

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