Huawei CloudEngine 12800 prior V200R001C00SPC700 Crafted Packet memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Huawei CloudEngine 5800, CloudEngine 6800, CloudEngine 7800, CloudEngine 8800 and CloudEngine 12800. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Crafted Packet results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-8790. The attack can only be performed from the local network. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei CloudEngine 5800, CloudEngine 6800, CloudEngine 7800, CloudEngine 8800 and CloudEngine 12800 (Cloud Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Packet leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Huawei CloudEngine 5800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 6800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 7800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 8800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 12800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700 could allow the attacker to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the affected system to cause a main control board reboot.

The bug was discovered 11/16/2016. The weakness was released 04/02/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-8790 since 10/18/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 137 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version V200R001C00SPC700 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94402†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CloudEngine 5800/CloudEngine 6800/CloudEngine 7800/CloudEngine 8800/CloudEngine 12800 V200R001C00SPC700

Timelineinfo

10/18/2016 🔍
11/16/2016 +29 days 🔍
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04/02/2017 +137 days 🔍
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04/03/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/24/2022 +2061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20161116-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8790 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8790
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99216
SecurityFocus: 94402 - Multiple Huawei CloudEngine Products CVE-2016-8790 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8790 - Huawei - Multiple Products - Buffer Overflow Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2017 09:06
Updated: 11/24/2022 14:59
Changes: 04/03/2017 09:06 (65), 11/24/2022 14:59 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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