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Buffer overflow in the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) module in Huawei USG2100, USG2200, USG5100, and USG5500 unified security gateways with software before V300R001C10SPC600, when CHAP authentication is configured on the server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server restart) or execute arbitrary code via crafted packets sent during authentication

Published Oct 3, 2016

Description

Buffer overflow in the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) module in Huawei USG2100, USG2200, USG5100, and USG5500 unified security gateways with software before V300R001C10SPC600, when CHAP authentication is configured on the server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server restart) or execute arbitrary code via crafted packets sent during authentication.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner huawei
Published Oct 3, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 18, 2016
Link CVE-2016-8276
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2016-8276
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2016-8276