Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Huawei Switches
- SA No:huawei-sa-20161130-01-switch
- Initial Release Date: Nov 30, 2016
- Last Release Date: Nov 30, 2016
There is a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Huawei switches due to improper management of system resources. A remote attacker with specific permission could store massive files to exhaust the shared storage space, leading to a DoS condition. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-06006)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8780.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161130-01-switch-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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CloudEngine 12800 |
V100R006C00 |
Upgrade to V200R001C00 |
|
CloudEngine 6800 |
V100R006C00 |
Upgrade to V200R001C00 |
|
CloudEngine 7800 |
V100R006C00 |
Upgrade to V200R001C00 |
|
CloudEngine 8800 |
V100R006C00 |
Upgrade to V200R001C00 |
Successful exploit could exhaust the system storage space, leading to a DoS condition.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 7.7 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 7.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. The attacker logs in to the device as a specific user.
Vulnerability details:
Because of the improper management of system resources, a remote attacker with specific permission could store massive files to exhaust the shared storage space of the device, leading to a DoS condition.
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.
2016-11-30 V1.0 INITIAL
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