CVE-2017-2690 Denial of service in SoftCo,eSpace U1910,eSpace U1911,eSpace U1930,eSpace U1960,eSpace U1980,eSpace U1981
An attacker with specific permissions can upload a malicious file to Huawei eSpace devices to exhaust memory and cause a denial of service.
- 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-2017-2690?
CVE-2017-2690 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. SoftCo,eSpace U1910,eSpace U1911,eSpace U1930,eSpace U1960,eSpace U1980,eSpace U1981, published on 22 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SoftCo with software V200R003C20,eSpace U1910 with software V200R003C00, V200R003C20 and V200R003C30,eSpace U1911 with software V200R003C20, V200R003C30,eSpace U1930 with software V200R003C20 and V200R003C30,eSpace U1960 with software V200R003C20, V200R003C30,eSpace U1980 with software V200R003C20, V200R003C30,eSpace U1981 with software V200R003C20 and V200R003C30 have an denial of service (DoS) vulnerability, which allow an attacker with specific permission to craft a file containing malicious data and upload it to the device to exhaust memory, causing a DoS condition.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2690?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Huawei Espace U1910 Firmware, Huawei Espace U1911 Firmware, Huawei Espace U1930 Firmware, Huawei Espace U1960 Firmware, Huawei Espace U1980 Firmware, Huawei Espace U1981 Firmware and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2690?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2690 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-2017-2690 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rchp-g55p-pr44.