Huawei CloudEngine 12800 up to V100R006C00 Label Distribution Protocol LDP Packet resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C00/V100R003C10/V100R005C00/V100R005C10/V100R006C00. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Label Distribution Protocol. This manipulation as part of LDP Packet causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-8782. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C00/V100R003C10/V100R005C00/V100R005C10/V100R006C00 (Cloud Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Label Distribution Protocol. The manipulation as part of a LDP Packet leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C00, V100R003C10, V100R005C00, V100R005C10, V100R006C00 have a memory leak vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker may send specific Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) packets to the devices repeatedly. Due to improper validation of some specific fields of the packet, the LDP processing module does not release the memory, resulting in memory leak.

The bug was discovered 12/21/2016. The weakness was shared 03/09/2018 with Huawei (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-8782 since 10/18/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/17/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 443 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94941†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/18/2016 🔍
12/14/2016 +57 days 🔍
12/21/2016 +7 days 🔍
03/09/2018 +443 days 🔍
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03/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/17/2023 +1805 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20161214-01
Organization: Huawei
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-8782 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8782
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114259
SecurityFocus: 94941 - Huawei CloudEngine 12800 CVE-2016-8782 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2018 15:25
Updated: 02/17/2023 18:47
Changes: 03/10/2018 15:25 (64), 01/11/2020 17:58 (2), 02/17/2023 18:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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