CVE-2017-17148 Denial of service in DP300

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An authenticated local attacker can cause a denial of service on Huawei DP300 devices by crafting specific XML files that trigger improper memory allocation validation.

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-2017-17148?

CVE-2017-17148 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Dp300 Firmware, published on 9 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Huawei DP300 V500R002C00 have a DoS vulnerability due to the lack of validation when the malloc is called. An authenticated local attacker can craft specific XML files to the affected products and parse this file, which result in DoS attacks.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17148?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Dp300 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17148?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17148 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-2017-17148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Dp300 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cfpg-c922-pjjc.

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