Security Advisory - Input Validation Vulnerability in Huawei VRP Platform
- SA No:huawei-sa-20161228-04-vrp
- Initial Release Date: Dec 28, 2016
- Last Release Date: Dec 28, 2016
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
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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S12700 |
V200R007C00 |
Upgrade to V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R008C00 |
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S5700 |
V200R007C00 |
Upgrade to V200R009C00SPC500 |
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S7700 |
V200R002C00 |
Upgrade to V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R005C00 |
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V200R006C00 |
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V200R007C00 |
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V200R008C00 |
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S9700 |
V200R007C00 |
Upgrade to V200R009C00SPC500 |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to make the device display additional memory data, possibly leading to sensitive information leakage.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (https://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Temporal Score: 4.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. The attacker gains access to the device network.
Vulnerability details:
Due to the lack of input validation, an attacker may craft a malformed packet and send it to the device, causing the device to display additional memory data and possibly leading to sensitive information leakage.
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.
2016-12-28 V1.0 INITIAL
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