Security Advisory - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the GaussDB
- SA No:huawei-sa-20170420-01-gaussdb
- Initial Release Date: Apr 20, 2017
- Last Release Date: Apr 21, 2017
The GaussDB has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of input validation on some parameters. An authenticated attacker on the LAN can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition in the affected system. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-04112)
This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2714.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170420-01-gaussdb-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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FusionSphere OpenStack |
V100R005C10SPC705 and earlier versions |
Upgrade to V100R006C00 |
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 9.0 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 8.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. An attacker could access the GaussDB on the LAN.
Vulnerability details:
The GaussDB has a buffer overflow vulnerability due to the lack of input validation on some parameters. An authenticated attacker on the LAN can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition in the affected system.
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.
2017-04-21 V1.1 UPDATE Updated the SA Title, SA No and Summary 2017-04-
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