CVE-2019-5248 Denial of service in CloudEngine 12800

High 7.4 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service on Huawei CloudEngine 12800 devices by sending specific packets that trigger a memory leak.

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-2019-5248?

CVE-2019-5248 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in CloudEngine 12800, published on 13 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CloudEngine 12800 has a DoS vulnerability. An attacker of a neighboring device sends a large number of specific packets. As a result, a memory leak occurs after the device uses the specific packet. As a result, the attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause DoS attacks on the target device.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5248?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Cloudengine 12800 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5248?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5248 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-2019-5248 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5248 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v3rj-h6w7-8v5m.

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