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Security Advisory - 'Phoenix Talon' Vulnerabilities in Linux Kernel

  • SA No:huawei-sa-20170802-01-linux
  • Initial Release Date: 2017-08-02
  • Last Release Date: 2017-08-02

The Linux operating system has four security vulnerabilities called 'Phoenix Talon', which affect Linux kernel 2.5.69 to Linux kernel 4.11. Successful exploit of these vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to launch DoS attacks and can lead to arbitrary code execution when certain conditions are met. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-06165,HWPSIRT-2017-07130,HWPSIRT-2017-07131 and HWPSIRT-2017-07132)

 

The four vulnerabilities have been assigned four Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9075, CVE-2017-9076 and CVE-2017-9077.

 

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

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170802-01-linux-en


Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

AP5010DN-AGN-FAT

V200R005C10

Upgrade to V200R007C20SPC300

AP5010SN-GN

V200R005C10

Upgrade to V200R007C20SPC300

V200R006C00

V200R006C10

AP5010SN-GN-FAT

V200R005C10

Upgrade to V200R007C20SPC300

AT815SN

V200R005C10

Upgrade to V200R007C20SPC300

V200R006C00

V200R006C10

HiSTBAndroid

V600R001C00

V600R001C00SPC066

HWPSIRT-2017-06165:

Successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to launch DoS attacks and can lead to arbitrary code execution when certain conditions are met.

 

HWPSIRT-2017-07130,HWPSIRT-2017-07131 and HWPSIRT-2017-07132:

Successful exploit of these vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to launch DoS attacks.

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

HWPSIRT-2017-06165:

Base Score: 8.0(AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 7.4 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)


HWPSIRT-2017-07130,HWPSIRT-2017-07131 and HWPSIRT-2017-07132:

Base Score: 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Temporal Score: 5.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2017-06165:

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

An attacker with specific privileges can access the vulnerable devices locally or by adjacent network.

Vulnerability details:

Successful exploit of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to launch DoS attacks and can lead to arbitrary code execution when certain conditions are met.


HWPSIRT-2017-07130,HWPSIRT-2017-07131 and HWPSIRT-2017-07132:

These vulnerabilities can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

An attacker with specific privileges can access the vulnerable devices locally.

Vulnerability details:

Successful exploit of these vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to launch DoS attacks.

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.

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Venustech's ADLab.
2017-08-02 V1.0 INITIAL

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