CVE-2017-17164 Denial of service in Secospace AntiDDoS8000
An attacker can trigger a memory leak in Huawei Secospace AntiDDoS8000 devices, potentially causing system exceptions and 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-2017-17164?
CVE-2017-17164 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Secospace AntiDDoS8000, 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 Secospace AntiDDoS8000 V500R001C20SPC500 have a memory leak vulnerability due to memory don't be released when the system open some function. An attacker could exploit it to cause memory leak, which may further lead to system exceptions.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Secospace Antiddos8000 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17164 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-2017-17164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Secospace AntiDDoS8000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vqh-x4xp-mqx7.