CVE-2018-15852 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause network outages on Technicolor TC7200 devices by flooding them with random MAC addresses.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-15852?
CVE-2018-15852 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Technicolor TC7200.20 devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage) via a flood of random MAC addresses, as demonstrated by macof. NOTE: Technicolor denies that the described behavior is a vulnerability and states that Wi-Fi traffic is slowed or stopped only while the devices are exposed to a MAC flooding attack. This has been confirmed through testing against official up-to-date versions
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Technicolor Tc7200.20 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15852 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-2018-15852 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68v5-4xcm-4c57.