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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2017-2700

High
7.5/10

Summary

AC6005 with software V200R006C10, AC6605 with software V200R006C10 have a DoS Vulnerability. An attacker can send malformed packets to the device, which causes the device memory leaks, leading to DoS attacks.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-772 - Missing Release Of Resource After Effective Lifetime

'Missing release of resource after effective lifetime' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't sufficiently release a resource (e.g. memory, CPU, disk space, etc.) after it is used. If not addressed, attackers can launch a denial of service attack (by allocating a resource and not releasing it).

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published