CVE-2017-5693 Denial of service in Puma 5, 6, and 7 Series
A network attacker can cause a denial of service in Intel Puma modems by sending crafted traffic that triggers resource depletion or timeouts.
- 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-2017-5693?
CVE-2017-5693 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel Corporation Puma 5, 6, and 7 Series, published on 31 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Firmware in the Intel Puma 5, 6, and 7 Series might experience resource depletion or timeout, which allows a network attacker to create a denial of service via crafted network traffic.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5693?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Puma Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5693?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5693 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-2017-5693 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5693 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9qc4-372j-5862.