CVE-2016-10227 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Zyxel USG50 Security Appliance and NWA3560-N Access Point allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of ICMPv4 Port Unreachable packets.

Published: 2017-02-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:usg50_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:usg50:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:nwa3560-n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:nwa3560-n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-1412	Zyxel USG50 Security Appliance and NWA3560-N Access Point allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of ICMPv4 Port Unreachable packets.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00987.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97105
http://www.zyxel.com/support/announcement_blacknurse_attack.shtml
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017020177

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Zyxel Nwa3560-n Nwa3560-n Firmware Usg50 Usg50 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-21T07:46:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.888Z

Reserved: 2017-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10227

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-21T07:59:00.157

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-10227

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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