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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6cw3-whjr-xwjw

## 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 (Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15315?

It affects 4 products.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2017-15315 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Nip6300 Firmware

- [CVE-2020-1847](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1847/): Denial of service in NIP6300;NIP6600;Secospace USG6300;Secospace USG6500;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-9127](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9127/): Command injection in NIP6300;NIP6600;Secospace USG6300;Secospace USG6500;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2021-22321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22321/): Use after free in NIP6600;NIP6800;S12700;S1700;S2700;S5700;S6700;S7700;S9700;Secospace USG6300;Secospace USG6500;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2021-22310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22310/): Information disclosure in NIP6300;NIP6600;Secospace USG6300;Secospace USG6500;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-15315 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Huawei Nip6300 Firmware. 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-2017-15315/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15315/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15315
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15315
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15315

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