# CVE-2017-11579: In the most recent firmware for Blipcare, the device provides an open Wireless network called "Blip" for communicating with the device.


- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p27q-p5qf-3w5w

## What is CVE-2017-11579?

CVE-2017-11579 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jul 2019. 

### Official description

In the most recent firmware for Blipcare, the device provides an open Wireless network called "Blip" for communicating with the device. The user connects to this open Wireless network and uses the web management interface of the device to provide the user's Wi-Fi credentials so that the device can connect to it and have Internet access. This device acts as a Wireless Blood pressure monitor and is used to measure blood pressure levels of a person. This allows an attacker who is in vicinity of Wireless signal generated by the Blipcare device to easily sniff the credentials. Also, an attacker can connect to the open wireless network "Blip" exposed by the device and modify the HTTP response presented to the user by the device to execute other attacks such as convincing the user to download and execute a malicious binary that would infect a user's computer or mobile device with malware.

Weakness: CWE-254

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11579?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Blipcare Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Monitor Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-11579?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-11579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-11579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-11580](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11580/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-11578](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11578/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-11579 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-11579 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jul 2019. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11579/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11579/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11579
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11579
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11579

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11579/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.