Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Huawei Firewall
- SA No:huawei-sa-20161214-01-firewall
- Initial Release Date: Dec 14, 2016
- Last Release Date: Dec 14, 2016
There is a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Huawei firewalls due to no memory release after the execution of a specific command. A remote attacker with specific permission can log in to a device and deliver a large number of such commands to exhaust memory, causing a DoS condition. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-06075)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8781.
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-20161214-01-firewall-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Secospace USG6300 |
V500R001C20SPC200 |
Upgrade to V500R001C30SPC100 |
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V500R001C20SPC200PWE |
V500R001C20SPC300PWE |
|
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Secospace USG6500 |
V500R001C20SPC200 |
Upgrade to V500R001C30SPC100 |
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Secospace USG6600 |
V500R001C20SPC200 |
Upgrade to V500R001C30SPC100 |
|
V500R001C20SPC200PWE |
V500R001C20SPC300PWE |
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Temporal Score: 4.0 (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.
Vulnerability details:
This vulnerability is caused by no memory release after the execution of a specific command. A remote attacker with specific permission can log in to a device and deliver a large number of such commands to exhaust memory, causing 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.
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