What is CVE-2019-6015?

CVE-2019-6015 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fon Fon2601e-Fsw-B, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2019-6015?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Fon Fon2601e-Fsw-B

CVE-2019-6015

FON2601E-SE, FON2601E-RE, FON2601E-FSW-S, and FON2601E-FSW-B with firmware versions 1.1.7 and earlier contain an issue where they may behave as open resolvers. If this vulnerability is exploited, FON routers may be leveraged for DNS amplification attacks to some other entities.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Fon Fon2601e-fsw-b
Fon Fon2601e-fsw-b_firmware
Fon Fon2601e-fsw-s
Fon Fon2601e-fsw-s_firmware
Fon Fon2601e-re
Fon Fon2601e-re_firmware
Fon Fon2601e-se
Fon Fon2601e-se_firmware
Fon Wireless Limited Fon2601e-se, Fon2601e-re, Fon2601e-fsw-s, And Fon2601e-fsw-b — versions firmware versions 1.1.7 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6015?: CVE-2019-6015 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fon Fon2601e-Fsw-B, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2019-6015?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.