Security Advisory - Input Validation Vulnerability in Multiple Huawei Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20160427-01-dns
- Initial Release Date: Apr 27, 2016
- Last Release Date: Apr 19, 2017
There is an input validation vulnerability in Multiple Huawei products, when the debug switch on the device is enabled, an attacker with network access may exploit this vulnerability by crafting malformed DNS packets and sending them to the target device. As for the lacking of input validation, an exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service or remote code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2015-12046)
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4087.
Huawei has released software updates to fix these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20160427-01-dns-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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S12700 |
V200R005C00SPC300 |
Upgrade to V200R008C00SPC500 |
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S2700 |
V100R006C05 |
V100R006SPH026 |
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S3700 |
V100R006C05 |
V100R006SPH026 |
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S5700 |
V200R001C00 |
Upgrade to V200R005SPH010 |
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V200R002C00SPC100 |
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V200R003C00SPC300 |
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V200R005C00 |
V200R005SPH010 |
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S6700 |
V200R001C00 |
V200R005SPH010 |
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V200R002C00 |
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V200R005C00 |
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V200R005C01 |
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V200R005C02 |
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S7700 |
V200R001C00 |
Upgrade to V200R008C00SPC500 |
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V200R002C00 |
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V200R003C00 |
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V200R005C00 |
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S9700 |
V200R001C00 |
Upgrade to V200R008C00SPC500 |
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V200R002C00 |
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V200R003C00 |
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V200R005C00 |
An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service or remote code execution.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv2 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/).
Base Score: 5.1 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Temporal Score: 4.2 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
1. Prerequisite:
The debug switch on the target device is enabled and the attacker gains access to the device network;
2. Attacking procedure:
An attacker crafts malformed DNS packets and sends them to the target device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service or remote code execution.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
2017-04-19 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2016-04-27 V1.0 INITIAL
None
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