CVE-2024-8455: The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during…

PriorityP434medium5.9CVSS 3.1

AVNACHPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.33%

25.2th percentile

The swctrl service is used to detect and remotely manage PLANET Technology devices. For certain switch models, the authentication tokens used during communication with this service are encoded user passwords. Due to insufficient strength, unauthorized remote attackers who intercept the packets can directly crack them to obtain plaintext passwords.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
planet	gs-4210-24p2s_firmware	< 3.305b240802	3.305b240802
planet	gs-4210-24pl4c_firmware	< 2.305b240719	2.305b240719
planet_technology	gs-4210-24p2s_hardware_3.0	< 3.305b240802	3.305b240802
planet_technology	gs-4210-24pl4c_hardware_2.0	< 2.305b240719	2.305b240719
planet_technology	igs-5225-4up1t2s_hardware_1.0	—	—

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