CVE-2017-17150 Denial of service in DP300; RP200; TE30; TE40; TE50; TE60

Medium 5.5 Published 9 Mar 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An authenticated local attacker can cause a denial of service in Huawei video conferencing devices by triggering an infinite loop via a special API call.

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-2017-17150?

CVE-2017-17150 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

Timergrp module in Huawei DP300 V500R002C00; RP200 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE30 V100R001C10; V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE40 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE50 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE60 V100R001C10; V500R002C00; V600R006C00 have an DoS vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the parameter. An authenticated local attacker may call a special API with special parameter, which cause an infinite loop. Successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to launch DOS attack.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17150?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Huawei Dp300 Firmware, Huawei Rp200 Firmware, Huawei Te30 Firmware, Huawei Te40 Firmware, Huawei Te50 Firmware, Huawei Te60 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17150?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17150 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-2017-17150 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17150 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Dp300 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6j33-j6f3-f667.