SB2016100414 - Password decryption in Huawei Quidway S5300
Published: October 4, 2016 Updated: January 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016100414
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Password decryption (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8085)
The vulnerability allows remote authenticated administrators to access and decrypt valid user's passwords.The weakness exists due to insufficient access control. By leveraging selection of a reversible encryption algorithm attackers can obtain confidential data.
Succesful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in password decryption.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.