CVE-2016-8277 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service and device restart on Huawei USG9520/9560/9580 gateways via a specific command parameter.
- 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-2016-8277?
CVE-2016-8277 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei USG9520, USG9560, and USG9580 unified security gateways with software before V300R001C01SPCa00 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device restart) via an unspecified command parameter.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8277?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Usg9520, Huawei Usg9560, Huawei Usg9580.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8277?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8277 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-2016-8277 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q2x2-jxqq-2r3j.