CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-6159

Improper Authentication

Published: Sep 21, 2016 | Modified: Sep 22, 2016
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The management interface of Huawei WS331a routers with software before WS331a-10 V100R001C01B112 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access by sending special packages to the LAN interface.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ws331a_router_firmware Huawei * ws331a-10_v100r001c02b017sp01 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References