CVE-2017-17160 Memory corruption in AR120-S,AR1200,AR1200-S,AR150,AR150-S,AR160,AR200,AR200-S,AR2200,AR2200-S,AR3200,AR3600,AR510,NetEngine16EX,SRG1300,SRG2300,SRG3300

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Remote unauthenticated attackers can cause a denial of service on Huawei AR routers by sending malicious IKE packets that trigger a buffer overflow.

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-2017-17160?

CVE-2017-17160 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Ar3200 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

Huawei AR120-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR1200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR1200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR150-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR160 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR200 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR2200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R006C16PWE, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR2200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR3200 V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR510 V200R006C12, V200R006C13, V200R006C15, V200R006C16, V200R006C17, V200R007C00, NetEngine16EX V200R006C10, V200R007C00, SRG1300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, SRG2300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, SRG3300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00 have a buffer overflow vulnerability due to incomplete range checks of the input data. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious IKE packets to the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to write out of bound and restart.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17160?

It affects 17 products.

Products include Huawei Ar120-S Firmware, Huawei Ar1200-S Firmware, Huawei Ar1200 Firmware, Huawei Ar150-S Firmware, Huawei Ar150 Firmware, Huawei Ar160 Firmware and 11 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17160?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17160 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-2017-17160 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Ar3200 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p3gr-8h6r-849h.

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