Security Advisory - Input Validation Vulnerability in Huawei Access Controllers
- SA No:huawei-sa-20160817-01-ac
- Initial Release Date: 2016-08-17
- Last Release Date: 2016-08-17
There is an input validation vulnerability in Huawei access controllers (AC). Due to the lack of input validation, an attacker may craft malformed Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol packets and send them to the device, causing the device to restart. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-06002)
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6824.
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-20160817-01-ac-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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AC6003 |
V200R006C00 |
Upgrade to V200R006C10SPC200 |
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AC6005 |
V200R005C10 |
Upgrade to V200R006C10SPC200 |
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V200R006C00 |
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AC6605 |
V200R005C10 |
Upgrade to V200R006C10SPC200 |
|
V200R006C00 |
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ACU2 |
V200R005C10 |
Upgrade to V200R006C10SPC200 |
|
V200R006C00 |
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv2 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/).
Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Temporal Score: 5.6 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)1. Prerequisite:
The attacker can pass the CAPWAP authentication;
2. Attacking procedure:
The attacker crafts malformed CAPWAP packets and sends them to the device, causing the device to restart.
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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