CVE-2017-17165 Denial of service in Quidway S2700,Quidway S5300,Quidway S5700,S2300,S2700,S5300,S5700,S600-E,S6300,S6700
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service on Huawei network switches by sending crafted malformed IPv6 packets.
- 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-2017-17165?
CVE-2017-17165 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Quidway S2700,Quidway S5300,Quidway S5700,S2300,S2700,S5300,S5700,S600-E,S6300,S6700, published on 15 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IPv6 function in Huawei Quidway S2700 V200R003C00SPC300, Quidway S5300 V200R003C00SPC300, Quidway S5700 V200R003C00SPC300, S2300 V200R003C00, V200R003C00SPC300T, V200R005C00, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S2700 V200R005C00, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S5300 V200R003C00, V200R003C00SPC300T, V200R003C00SPC600, V200R003C02, V200R005C00, V200R005C01, V200R005C02, V200R005C03, V200R005C05, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S5700 V200R003C00, V200R003C00SPC316T, V200R003C00SPC600, V200R003C02, V200R005C00, V200R005C01, V200R005C02, V200R005C03, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S600-E V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S6300 V200R003C00, V200R005C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S6700 V200R003C00, V200R005C00, V200R005C01, V200R005C02, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker may send crafted malformed IPv6 packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient verification of the packets, successful exploit will cause device to reset.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17165?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Huawei Quidway S2700 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S5300 Firmware, Huawei Quidway S5700 Firmware, Huawei S2300 Firmware, Huawei S2700 Firmware, Huawei S5300 Firmware and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17165?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17165 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-2017-17165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rr24-pwwf-78vh.