CVE-2017-17155 Memory corruption in IPS,Module,NGFW,Module,NIP6300,NIP6600,Secospace,USG6300,Secospace,USG6500,Secospace,USG6600,USG9500

High 7.5 Published Updated

A memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei network security devices allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

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-2017-17155?

CVE-2017-17155 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Ips Module Firmware, published on 15 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IKEv2 in Huawei IPS Module V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C00SPH508, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200B062, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300B078, V500R001C20SPC300PWE, NGFW Module V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPC500PWE, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C00SPH508, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200B062, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300B078, V500R001C20SPC300PWE, NIP6300 V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C00SPH508, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200B062, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300B078, V500R001C20SPC300PWE, NIP6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C00SPH508, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200B062, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300B078, Secospace USG6300 V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPC500PWE, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C00SPH508, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC101, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200B062, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300B078, V500R001C20SPC300PWE, Secospace USG6500 V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPC500PWE, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C00SPH508, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC101, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200B062, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300B078, V500R001C20SPC300PWE, Secospace USG6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC100, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC301, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPC500PWE, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC101, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300, V500R001C20SPC300B078, V500R001C20SPC300PWE, USG9500 V500R001C00, V500R001C00SPC200, V500R001C00SPC300, V500R001C00SPC303, V500R001C00SPC500, V500R001C00SPC500PWE, V500R001C00SPH303, V500R001C00SPH508, V500R001C20, V500R001C20SPC100, V500R001C20SPC100PWE, V500R001C20SPC101, V500R001C20SPC200, V500R001C20SPC200B062, V500R001C20SPC200PWE, V500R001C20SPC300B078, V500R001C20SPC300PWE has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability due to incompliance with the 4-byte alignment requirement imposed by the MIPS CPU. An attacker could exploit it to cause unauthorized memory access, which may further lead to system exceptions.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17155?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Huawei Ips Module Firmware, Huawei Ngfw Module Firmware, Huawei Nip6300 Firmware, Huawei Nip6600 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6300 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6500 Firmware and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17155?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17155 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-17155 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17155 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Ips Module Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2fv6-hp2w-qhgh.

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