Huawei TechnologiesHUAWEI-SA-20161130-01-SWITCHSecurity Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Huawei Switches
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
49.8%
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
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloudengine 12800 | eq | V100R006C00 | |
| cloudengine 6800 | eq | V100R006C00 | |
| cloudengine 7800 | eq | V100R006C00 | |
| cloudengine 8800 | eq | V100R006C00 |
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
49.8%