Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Huawei Firewall

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&gt;