CVE-2017-8167 Denial of service in USG9500
Remote attackers can cause Huawei USG9500 firewalls to restart by sending malformed IKE packets, resulting in a denial of service.
- 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-2017-8167?
CVE-2017-8167 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Usg9500 Firmware, published on 22 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei firewall products USG9500 V500R001C50 has a DoS vulnerability.A remote attacker who controls the peer device could exploit the vulnerability by sending malformed IKE packets to the target device. Successful exploit of the vulnerability could cause the device to restart.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8167?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Usg9500 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8167?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8167 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-2017-8167 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8167 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Usg9500 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m4m3-4cv6-v52c.