PT-2016-7572 · Huawei · Huawei Usg+2

Published 2016-10-26 · Updated 2017-04-05 · CVE-2016-8798

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Huawei USG5500 versions V300R001C00 Huawei USG products (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows attackers to bypass the anti-DDoS module of the USGs, potentially causing a denial of service condition on the backend server by sending massive HTTP packets.

Recommendations For Huawei USG5500 version V300R001C00, update the software to a version that fixes the defense mechanism bypass issue. For other affected Huawei USG products, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8798

Affected Products

Huawei Usg

Huawei Usg5500

Huawei Vrp

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8798 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8798 · Vendor Advisory
• http://huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20161026-01-usg-en · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93891 · Note