VDB-113396 · CVE-2017-17165 · sa-20171213-02

Huawei Quidway IPv6 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Huawei Quidway. This affects an unknown function of the component IPv6. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-17165. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Quidway (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component IPv6. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

IPv6 function in Huawei Quidway S2700 V200R003C00SPC300, Quidway S5300 V200R003C00SPC300, Quidway S5700 V200R003C00SPC300, S2300 V200R003C00, V200R003C00SPC300T, V200R005C00, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S2700 V200R005C00, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S5300 V200R003C00, V200R003C00SPC300T, V200R003C00SPC600, V200R003C02, V200R005C00, V200R005C01, V200R005C02, V200R005C03, V200R005C05, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S5700 V200R003C00, V200R003C00SPC316T, V200R003C00SPC600, V200R003C02, V200R005C00, V200R005C01, V200R005C02, V200R005C03, V200R006C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S600-E V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S6300 V200R003C00, V200R005C00, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00, S6700 V200R003C00, V200R005C00, V200R005C01, V200R005C02, V200R007C00, V200R008C00, V200R009C00 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker may send crafted malformed IPv6 packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient verification of the packets, successful exploit will cause device to reset.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2017. The weakness was released 02/15/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-17165 since 12/04/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 64 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Huawei

Name

Quidway

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

12/04/2017 🔍
12/13/2017 +9 days 🔍
02/15/2018 +64 days 🔍
02/15/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/16/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/08/2023 +1818 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20171213-02
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-17165 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-17165
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113396

Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2018 08:49
Updated: 02/08/2023 08:50
Changes: 02/16/2018 08:49 (56), 01/05/2020 16:47 (2), 02/08/2023 08:50 (4)
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