SB2019020503 - DDoS attack in Ubiquiti devices



SB2019020503 - DDoS attack in Ubiquiti devices

Published: February 5, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019020503
Severity
High
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) DDoS attack (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct DDoS attack.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in a "discovery service" running on port 10001/UDP. A remote attacker can send small packets of 56 bytes to port 10001/UDP on Ubiquiti devices, which are reflecting and relaying the packets to a target's IP address amplified to a size of 206 bytes (amplification factor of 3.67).

Note: the vulnerability has been actively exploited since July 2018.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.