CVE-2016-8790 Memory corruption in CloudEngine 5800,CloudEngine 6800,CloudEngine 7800,CloudEngine 8800,CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C10,V100R005C00,V100R005C10,V100R006C00
Attackers can cause a main control board reboot on Huawei CloudEngine switches by sending crafted packets, resulting in a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-8790?
CVE-2016-8790 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in CloudEngine 5800,CloudEngine 6800,CloudEngine 7800,CloudEngine 8800,CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C10,V100R005C00,V100R005C10,V100R006C00, published on 2 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei CloudEngine 5800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 6800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 7800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 8800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700, CloudEngine 12800 with software before V200R001C00SPC700 could allow the attacker to exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the affected system to cause a main control board reboot.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8790?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Huawei Cloudengine 12800 Firmware, Huawei Cloudengine 5800 Firmware, Huawei Cloudengine 6800 Firmware, Huawei Cloudengine 7800 Firmware, Huawei Cloudengine 8800 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8790?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-8790 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8790 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in CloudEngine 5800,CloudEngine 6800,CloudEngine 7800,CloudEngine 8800,CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C10,V100R005C00,V100R005C10,V100R006C00
- CVE-2016-6178 Other in n/a
- CVE-2020-9207 Auth bypass in CloudEngine 12800
- CVE-2021-40008 Denial of service in CloudEngine 12800;CloudEngine 5800;CloudEngine 6800;CloudEngine 7800
- CVE-2021-22328 Denial of service in CloudEngine 12800;CloudEngine 5800;CloudEngine 6800;CloudEngine 7800
- CVE-2021-22332 Use after free in CloudEngine 12800;CloudEngine 5800;CloudEngine 6800;CloudEngine 7800
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cj35-9pcq-xm7q.