Security Advisory - Input Validation Vulnerability in Huawei VRP Platform

There is an input validation vulnerability in some Huawei devices using VRP. Due to the lack of input validation, an attacker may craft a malformed packet and send it to the device using VRP, causing the device to display additional memory data and possibly leading to sensitive information leakage. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-02011)

This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-8785.

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-20161228-04-vrp-en