CVE-2017-17141 Denial of service in S12700; S1700; S2700; S3700; S5700; S6700; S7700; S9700
Attackers can cause a denial of service by sending malformed MPLS Service PING messages that trigger a memory leak in Huawei network switches.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17141?
CVE-2017-17141 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. S12700; S1700; S2700; S3700; S5700; S6700; S7700; S9700, published on 5 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei S12700 V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R007C20; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S1700 V200R006C10; V200R009C00;S2700 V100R006C03; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R006C10; V200R007C00; V200R007C00B050; V200R007C00SPC009T; V200R007C00SPC019T; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S3700 V100R006C03;S5700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R003C02; V200R005C00; V200R005C01; V200R005C02; V200R005C03; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S6700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R005C01; V200R005C02; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S7700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R006C01; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R008C06; V200R009C00;S9700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R009C00 have a memory leak vulnerability. In some specific conditions, if attackers send specific malformed MPLS Service PING messages to the affected products, products do not release the memory when handling the packets. So successful exploit will result in memory leak of the affected products.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17141?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Huawei S12700 Firmware, Huawei S1700 Firmware, Huawei S2700 Firmware, Huawei S3700 Firmware, Huawei S5700 Firmware, Huawei S6700 Firmware and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17141?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17141 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-2017-17141 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17141 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. S12700; S1700; S2700; S3700; S5700; S6700; S7700; S9700
- CVE-2016-4087 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2021-22357 Denial of service in S12700;S5700;S6700;S7700
- CVE-2019-19397 Weak cryptography in S12700;S1700;S2700;S5700;S6700;S7700;S9700
- CVE-2019-5285 Denial of service in S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7900, S7900, S7900, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700
- CVE-2016-8786 Denial of service in S12700, S5700, S6700, S7700, S9700
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m2pg-4f6c-443v.