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A vulnerability was found in Huawei ARXXXX and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IKEv2. The manipulation as part of Messages leads to input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-17299. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in Huawei ARXXXX (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component IKEv2. The manipulation as part of a Messages leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Huawei AR120-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR1200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR1200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR150-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR160 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R007C00S, V200R007C02, AR200 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR2200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R006C16, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR2200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR3200 V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, AR510 V200R006C12, V200R006C13, V200R006C15, V200R006C16, V200R006C17, V200R007C00, IPS Module V500R001C30, NIP6300 V500R001C30, NetEngine16EX V200R006C10, V200R007C00 have an insufficient input validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may send crafted IKE V2 messages to the affected products. Due to the insufficient validation of the messages, successful exploit will cause invalid memory access and result in a denial of service on the affected products.

The bug was discovered 12/28/2017. The weakness was disclosed 02/15/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at huawei.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-17299 since 12/04/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/08/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-113424, VDB-113421, VDB-113420 and VDB-113419 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Huawei

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• ARXXXX

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• commercial

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