CVE-2017-15315 Denial of service in NIP6300,NIP6600,Secospace USG6300,Secospace USG6500

Medium 6.5 Published 9 Mar 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An authenticated attacker can cause a memory leak leading to device reset by repeatedly executing special commands on Huawei network security devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-15315?

CVE-2017-15315 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Nip6300 Firmware, published on 9 Mar 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Patch module of Huawei NIP6300 V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC200, NIP6600 V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC200, Secospace USG6300 V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC200, Secospace USG6500 V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC200 has a memory leak vulnerability. An authenticated attacker could execute special commands many times, the memory leaking happened, which would cause the device to reset finally.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15315?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Huawei Nip6300 Firmware, Huawei Nip6600 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6300 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6500 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15315?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15315 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-15315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Nip6300 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6cw3-whjr-xwjw.