CVE-2017-17138 Denial of service in DP300; IPS Module; NGFW Module; NIP6300; NIP6600; RP200; S12700; S1700; S2700; S5700; S6700; S7700; S9700; Secospace USG6300; Secospace USG6500; Secospace USG6600; TE30; TE40; TE50; TE60; TP3106; TP3206; USG9500; ViewPoint 9030

Medium 5.5 Published 5 Mar 2018 Updated 17 Sep 2024

An authenticated local attacker can cause a denial of service in Huawei network devices by submitting a malicious certificate that triggers an infinite loop.

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-2017-17138?

CVE-2017-17138 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Dp300 Firmware, 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

PEM module of DP300 V500R002C00; IPS Module V500R001C00; V500R001C30; NGFW Module V500R001C00; V500R002C00; NIP6300 V500R001C00; V500R001C30; NIP6600 V500R001C00; V500R001C30; RP200 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; S12700 V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R009C00; V200R010C00; S1700 V200R006C10; V200R009C00; V200R010C00; S2700 V200R006C10; V200R007C00; V200R008C00; V200R009C00; V200R010C00; S5700 V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R008C00; V200R009C00; V200R010C00; S6700 V200R008C00; V200R009C00; V200R010C00; S7700 V200R007C00; V200R008C00; V200R009C00; V200R010C00; S9700 V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R009C00; V200R010C00; Secospace USG6300 V500R001C00; V500R001C30; Secospace USG6500 V500R001C00; V500R001C30; Secospace USG6600 V500R001C00; V500R001C30S; TE30 V100R001C02; V100R001C10; V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE40 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE50 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE60 V100R001C01; V100R001C10; V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TP3106 V100R002C00; TP3206 V100R002C00; V100R002C10; USG9500 V500R001C00; V500R001C30; ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02; V100R011C03 has a DoS vulnerability in PEM module of Huawei products due to insufficient verification. An authenticated local attacker can make processing into deadloop by a malicious certificate. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17138?

It affects 24 products.

Products include Huawei Dp300 Firmware, Huawei Ips Module Firmware, Huawei Ngfw Module Firmware, Huawei Nip6300 Firmware, Huawei Nip6600 Firmware, Huawei Rp200 Firmware and 18 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17138?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17138 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-2017-17138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Dp300 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9274-jv3g-h7g3.