CVE-2015-8677 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via memory consumption by repeatedly logging in and out of HTTPS or SFTP services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-8677?
CVE-2015-8677 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in Huawei S5300EI, S5300SI, S5310HI, and S6300EI Campus series switches with software V200R003C00 before V200R003SPH011 and V200R005C00 before V200R005SPH008; S2350EI and S5300LI Campus series switches with software V200R003C00 before V200R003SPH011, V200R005C00 before V200R005SPH008, and V200R006C00 before V200R006SPH002; S9300, S7700, and S9700 Campus series switches with software V200R003C00 before V200R003SPH011, V200R005C00 before V200R005SPH009, and V200R006C00 before V200R006SPH003; S5720HI and S5720EI Campus series switches with software V200R006C00 before V200R006SPH002; and S2300 and S3300 Campus series switches with software V100R006C05 before V100R006SPH022 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and device restart) by logging in and out of the (1) HTTPS or (2) SFTP server, related to SSL session information.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8677?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Huawei S2300 Firmware, Huawei S2350ei Firmware, Huawei S3300 Firmware, Huawei S5300ei Firmware, Huawei S5300li Firmware, Huawei S5300si Firmware and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8677 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-2015-8677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2014-3223 Denial of service in S9300,S2300,S3300,S5300,S6300 S9300 with software V100R006C00SPC500??S9300 with software V100R006C00SPC800,S2300,S3300,S5300,S6300 with software V100R006C00SPC800,V100R006C01SPC100, V100R006C03
- CVE-2015-8676 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-2014-5394 Information disclosure in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m83m-mp3r-h4c3.