vulnerability
Huawei VRP: CVE-2016-8798: Defense Mechanism Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei USG Products
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 26, 2016 | Apr 17, 2026 | Apr 17, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 26, 2016
Added
Apr 17, 2026
Modified
Apr 17, 2026
Description
There is a defense mechanism bypass vulnerability in Huawei USG products. Successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the anti-DDoS module of the USGs to send massive HTTP packets, possibly causing a denial of service condition on the backend server. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-07050)
Solution
huawei-vrp-upgrade-latest
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