Security Advisory - Two Vulnerabilities of License Module in Some Huawei Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20171206-01-license
- Initial Release Date: 2017-12-06
- Last Release Date: 2017-12-06
There is a uncontrolled format string vulnerability when the license module of some Huawei products output the log information. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-06138)
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2017-17132.There is a null pointer reference vulnerability in license module of some Huawei products 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. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-09100)
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2017-17133.
Huawei has released software updates to fix these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171206-01-license-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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VP9660 |
V500R002C10 |
V500R002C10SPC800 |
HWPSIRT-2017-06138 and HWPSIRT-2017-09100:
Base Score: 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Temporal Score: 5.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker has logged in to the system as an operator.
Vulnerability details:
There is a uncontrolled format string vulnerability when the license module output the log information. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
HWPSIRT-2017-09100:
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker has place a malicious license file into the system.
Vulnerability details:
There is a null pointer reference vulnerability in license module of some Huawei products 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.
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.
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