Security Advisory - Uncontrolled Format String Vulnerability on Multiple Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20160824-01-vrp
- Initial Release Date: Aug 24, 2016
- Last Release Date: Aug 24, 2016
Several Huawei routers and switches have an uncontrolled format string vulnerability when processing partial commands. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-07011)
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6901.
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-20160824-01-vrp-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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AR100/AR120/AR150/AR200/ AR500/AR550/AR1200/AR2200/ AR2500/AR3200/AR3600 |
V200R005 |
Upgrade to V200R007C00SPC900 |
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V200R006 |
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V200R007C00 |
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NetEngine 16EX |
V200R005 |
Upgrade to V200R007C00SPC900 |
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V200R006 |
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V200R007C00 |
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv2 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/).
Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Temporal Score: 5.6 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)1. Prerequisite:
The attacker has normal user permissions.
2. Attacking procedure:
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
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.
This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2016-08-24 V1.0 INITIAL
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