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Security Advisory - DoS Vulnerability in Some Huawei MBB Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20180428-01-mbb
- Initial Release Date:2018-04-28
- Last Release Date:2018-04-28
Some Huawei MBB (Mobile Broadband) products have a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. When an attacker accessing device sends special http request to device, the webserver process will try to apply too much memory which can cause the device to become unable to respond. An attacker can launch a DoS attack by exploiting this vulnerability. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-06105)
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2017-17318.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-20180428-01-mbb-en
Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
E5771h-937 |
The versions before E5771h-937TCPU-V200R001B328D62SP00C1133 |
E5771h-937TCPU-V200R001B328D62SP00C1133 |
The versions before E5771h-937TCPU-V200R001B329D05SP00C1308 |
E5771h-937TCPU-V200R001B329D05SP00C1308 |
Base Score: 6.5 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 6.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
The attacker gains access to the device by USB port or Wi-Fi.
Vulnerability details:
When an attacker accessing device sends special http request to device, the webserver process will try to apply too much memory which can cause the device to become unable to respond. An attacker can launch a DoS attack by exploiting this vulnerability.
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.
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