Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Some Huawei Products

There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) function of some Huawei Products. When CFM is enabled and Maintenance Association End Point (MEP) is configured on the affected device, an adjacent attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the main control board of the affected device reboot. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-08015) __

This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8790.

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-20161116-01-cfm-en&gt;