CVE-2014-3224 Denial of service in Quidway S9700,Quidway S9300,Quidway S7700,Quidway S6700,Quidway S6300,Quidway S5700,Quidway S5300 Quidway S9700 V200R003C00SPC500,Quidway S9300 V200R003C00SPC500,Quidway S7700 V200R003C00SPC500,Quidway S6700 V200R003C00SPC300,Quidway S6300 V200R003C00SPC300,Quidway S5700 V200R003C00SPC300,Quidway S5300 V200R003C00SPC300
Attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei Quidway switches by sending malformed packets, requiring network administrators to apply vendor patches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-3224?
CVE-2014-3224 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Quidway S9700,Quidway S9300,Quidway S7700,Quidway S6700,Quidway S6300,Quidway S5700,Quidway S5300 Quidway S9700 V200R003C00SPC500,Quidway S9300 V200R003C00SPC500,Quidway S7700 V200R003C00SPC500,Quidway S6700 V200R003C00SPC300,Quidway S6300 V200R003C00SPC300,Quidway S5700 V200R003C00SPC300,Quidway S5300 V200R003C00SPC300, published on 2 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei Quidway S9700 V200R003C00SPC500, Quidway S9300 V200R003C00SPC500, Quidway S7700 V200R003C00SPC500, Quidway S6700 V200R003C00SPC300, Quidway S6300 V200R003C00SPC300, Quidway S5700 V200R003C00SPC300, Quidway S5300 V200R003C00SPC300 enable attackers to launch DoS attacks by crafting and sending malformed packets to these vulnerable products.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3224?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Huawei Quidway S5300 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S5700 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S6300 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S6700 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S7700 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S9300 Firmware and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3224?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3224 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-3224 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3224 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7q6p-x5rq-pp4c.