SB2018021418 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Huawei
Published: February 14, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021418
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17227)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an out-of-bounds memory access flaw. A local attacker can persuade a victim to install a malicious application and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17250)
CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause the DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds write flaw. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted OSPF message and cause the system to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.