CVE-2017-17132 Denial of service in VP9660
An authenticated local attacker can cause a denial of service via a format string vulnerability in the license module logging.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17132?
CVE-2017-17132 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VP9660, published on 5 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei VP9660 V500R002C10 has a uncontrolled format string vulnerability when the license module output the log information. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Weakness: CWE-134
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17132?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Vp9660 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17132?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17132 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-2017-17132 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17132 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VP9660
Sources
Also known as GHSA-78f6-722x-3325.