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Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the GaussDB

  • SA No:huawei-sa-20170420-01-gaussdb
  • Initial Release Date: Apr 20, 2017
  • Last Release Date: Apr 21, 2017

The GaussDB has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of input validation on some parameters. An authenticated attacker on the LAN can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition in the affected system. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-04112)

This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2714.

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170420-01-gaussdb-en

Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

FusionSphere OpenStack

V100R005C10SPC705 and earlier versions

Upgrade to V100R006C00


Successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition in the affected system.

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).

Base Score: 9.0 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 8.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

1. An attacker could access the GaussDB on the LAN.

Vulnerability details:

The GaussDB has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of input validation on some parameters. An authenticated attacker on the LAN can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition in the affected system.

Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.

This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.

2017-04-21 V1.1 UPDATE Updated the SA Title, SA No and Summary

2017-04-20 V1.0 INITIAL

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