CVE-2017-17291 Denial of service in AR120-S,AR1200,AR1200-S,AR150,AR150-S,AR160,AR200,AR200-S,AR2200,AR2200-S,AR3200,AR3600,AR510,DP300,MAX PRESENCE,NetEngine16EX,RP200,SRG1300,SRG2300,SRG3300,TE30,TE40,TE50,TE60,TP3106,TP3206

Medium 5.5 Published 15 Feb 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An authenticated local attacker can cause a memory leak by submitting a crafted XML file, leading to denial of service on Huawei network devices.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-17291?

CVE-2017-17291 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Ar3200 Firmware, published on 15 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Huawei AR120-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR160 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R006C16, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3200 V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C00, V200R008C10, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, AR510 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R006C13, V200R006C15, V200R006C16, V200R006C17, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, DP300 V500R002C00, MAX PRESENCE V100R001C00, NetEngine16EX V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, RP200 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, SRG1300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG2300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG3300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, TE30 V100R001C02, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE40 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE50 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE60 V100R001C01, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TP3106 V100R002C00, TP3206 V100R002C00, V100R002C10 have a memory leak vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker may craft a specific XML file to the affected products. Due to not free the memory to parse the XML file, successful exploit will result in memory leak of the affected products.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17291?

It affects 26 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 20 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17291?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17291 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-2017-17291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-49xc-9fwm-7242.