Huawei VP9660 V500R002C10 License null pointer dereference

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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Huawei VP9660 V500R002C10. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component License Module. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-17133. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Huawei VP9660 V500R002C10. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component License Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Huawei VP9660 V500R002C10 has a null pointer reference vulnerability in license module due to insufficient verification. An authenticated local attacker could place a malicious license file into system which cause memory null pointer accessing and related processing crash. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
The bug was discovered 12/06/2017. The weakness was shared 03/05/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-17133 since 12/04/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 89 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The entry VDB-114058 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
Vendor
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License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
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Exploiting
Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/04/2017 🔍12/06/2017 🔍
03/05/2018 🔍
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03/06/2018 🔍
02/16/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: huawei.comAdvisory: sa-20171206-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-17133 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-17133
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114059
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Entry
Created: 03/06/2018 07:51Updated: 02/16/2023 19:30
Changes: 03/06/2018 07:51 (57), 01/10/2020 11:44 (2), 02/16/2023 19:30 (3)
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