Huawei SMC2.0 TLS Handshake certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei SMC2.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component TLS Handshake. Executing a manipulation can lead to certificate validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-8213. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei SMC2.0 (version now known) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component TLS Handshake. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Huawei SMC2.0 with software of V100R003C10, V100R005C00SPC100, V100R005C00SPC101B001T, V100R005C00SPC102, V100R005C00SPC103, V100R005C00SPC200, V100R005C00SPC201T, V500R002C00, V600R006C00 has an input validation vulnerabilitywhen handle TLS and DTLS handshake with certificate. Due to the insufficient validation of received PKI certificates, remote attackers could exploit this vulnerability to crash the TLS module.

The bug was discovered 07/05/2017. The weakness was presented 11/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-8213 since 04/25/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1587.003.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 140 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/25/2017 🔍
07/05/2017 +71 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +140 days 🔍
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11/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/16/2023 +1880 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20170705-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109948

Entryinfo

Created: 11/23/2017 19:37
Updated: 01/16/2023 09:53
Changes: 11/23/2017 19:37 (56), 12/10/2019 15:19 (2), 01/16/2023 09:53 (4)
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