VDB-92204 · CVE-2016-6518 · sa-20160914-01

Huawei S9300/S5300/S5700/S6700/S7700/S9700/S12700 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 and S12700. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-6518. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700 and S12700. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in Huawei S9300, S5300, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700, and S12700 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and restart) via a large number of malformed packets.

The weakness was shared 09/26/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6518 since 08/02/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/21/2022).

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 92968†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Huawei

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License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/02/2016 🔍
09/14/2016 +43 days 🔍
09/26/2016 +12 days 🔍
09/26/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/21/2022 +2185 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20160914-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6518 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6518
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92204
SecurityFocus: 92968 - Multiple Huawei Switches CVE-2016-6518 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2016 10:50
Updated: 09/21/2022 14:03
Changes: 09/27/2016 10:50 (46), 04/26/2019 17:03 (12), 09/21/2022 14:03 (2)
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