CVE-2015-2255 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by sending excessive traffic between GE and FE ports on Huawei AR1220 routers.
- 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-2015-2255?
CVE-2015-2255 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei AR1220 routers with software before V200R005SPH006 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (board reset) via vectors involving a large amount of traffic from the GE port to the FE port.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2255?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Ar1220 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2255?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-2255 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-2015-2255 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2255 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqrg-8c46-vfrq.