Overview
Huawei Mobile WiFi E5151, firmware version 21.141.13.00.1080, and E5186, firmware version V200R001B306D01C00, use insufficiently random values for DNS queries and are vulnerable to DNS spoofing attacks.
Description
CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values - CVE-2015-8265 Huawei Mobile WiFi E5151 and E5186 routers use static source ports for all DNS queries originating from the local area network (LAN). An attacker with the ability to spoof DNS responses can cause E5151 or E5186 LAN clients to contact incorrect or malicious hosts under the attacker's control. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to spoof DNS responses to cause E5151 or E5186 LAN clients to contact attacker-controlled hosts. |
Solution
Apply an update |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Temporal | 3.9 | E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C |
| Environmental | 1.0 | CDP:ND/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND |
References
Acknowledgements
These vulnerabilities were reported by Joel Land of the CERT/CC.
This document was written by Joel Land.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2015-8265 |
| Date Public: | 2016-02-01 |
| Date First Published: | 2016-02-01 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2016-02-01 17:59 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 14 |