# CVE-2017-8978: Information disclosure in IceWall Products

> Remote attackers can access sensitive information from HPE IceWall MFA proxy without authentication.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Feb 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-77wq-j2h3-wpg8

## What is CVE-2017-8978?

CVE-2017-8978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise IceWall Products, published on 15 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A Remote Unauthorized Disclosure of Information vulnerability in HPE IceWall Products version MFA 4.0 proxy was found.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8978?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Hp Icewall Mcrp, Hp Icewall Mfa, Hp Icewall Sso.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-8978?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-8978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hewlett Packard Enterprise IceWall Products

- [CVE-2016-2177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2177/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-2604](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2604/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-8978 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-8978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise IceWall Products, published on 15 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise IceWall Products. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8978/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8978/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8978
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8978
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8978

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