SB2022012005 - Denial of service in Huawei CloudEngine products
Published: January 20, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022012005
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Release of invalid pointer or reference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40042)
CWE-ID: CWE-763 - Release of invalid pointer or reference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a release of invalid pointer in Huawei OptiX OSN 9800 U32 product. A remote authenticated attacker can send specially crafted messages and cause a denial of service condition in th target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.