CVE-2017-17216 Denial of service in DP300; RP200; TE30; TE40; TE50; TE60

Medium 5.9 Published 9 Mar 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote unauthenticated attackers can cause a denial of service by sending malformed MGCP packets to Huawei video conferencing devices.

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-2017-17216?

CVE-2017-17216 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Dp300 Firmware, published on 9 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) in Huawei DP300 V500R002C00; RP200 V500R002C00SPC200; V600R006C00; TE30 V100R001C10; V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE40 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE50 V500R002C00; V600R006C00; TE60 V100R001C10; V500R002C00; V600R006C00 have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker crafts malformed packets with specific parameter to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of packets, successful exploitation may cause process reboot.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17216?

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-2017-17216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17216 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-2017-17216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Dp300 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qfhq-cwjr-6g64.