Security Advisory - Numeric Errors Vulnerability in Some Huawei Routers
- SA No:huawei-sa-20171215-01-router
- Initial Release Date: Dec 15, 2017
- Last Release Date: Dec 15, 2017
Some Huawei routers have a numeric errors vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may send specific TCP messages with keychain authentication option to the affected products. Due to the improper validation of the messages, it will cause numeric errors when handling the messages. Successful exploit will cause the affected products to reset. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-08021)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-17300.
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-20171215-01-router-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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S12700 |
V200R008C00 |
Upgrade to V200R008SPH006 |
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V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC500 |
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S5700 |
V200R007C00 |
Upgrade to V200R007SPH010 |
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V200R008C00 |
Upgrade to V200R008SPH006 |
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V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC500 |
|
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S6700 |
V200R008C00 |
Upgrade to V200R008SPH006 |
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V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC500 |
|
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S7700 |
V200R008C00 |
Upgrade to V200R008SPH006 |
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V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC500 |
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S9700 |
V200R008C00 |
Upgrade to V200R008SPH006 |
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V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC500 |
Successful exploit will cause the affected products to reset.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 7.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. The attacker gains access to the affected products network.
2. The TCP keychain authentication is configured in the affected products.
Vulnerability details:
An unauthenticated, remote attacker may send specific TCP messages with keychain authentication option to the affected products. Due to the improper validation of the messages, it will cause numeric errors when handling the messages. Successful exploit will cause the affected products to reset.
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.
2017-12-15 V1.0 INITIAL
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