CVE-2016-5368 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted MPLS packets, requiring an upgrade to the latest firmware.

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-2016-5368?

CVE-2016-5368 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Ar3200 Firmware, published on 30 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory leak in Huawei AR3200 before V200R007C00SPC900 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packets.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5368?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Ar3200 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5368 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-2016-5368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Ar3200 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8v92-hv25-c9p8.

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