SB2017112214 - Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Huawei FusionCompute
Published: November 22, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017112214
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8158)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to a crash the entire system.
FusionCompute V100R005C00 and V100R005C10 have an improper authorization vulnerability due to improper permission settings for a certain file on the host machine. An authenticated attacker could create a large number of virtual machine (VM) processes to exhaust system resources. Successful exploit could make new VMs unavailable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.