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Communication Channel Errors

CVE-2017-2712

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

S3300 V100R006C05 have an Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) flapping vulnerability due to the lack of type-length-value (TLV) consistency check. An attacker may craft malformed packets and send them to a device to cause EFM flapping.

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

CWE-417 - Communication Channel Errors

Weaknesses in this category are related to improper handling of communication channels and access paths. These weaknesses include problems in creating, managing, or removing alternate channels and alternate paths. Some of these can overlap virtual file problems and are commonly used in "bypass" attacks, such as those that exploit authentication errors.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published