CVE-2017-17138 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability within the PEM module of various Huawei products, including DP300, IPS Module, NGFW Module, NIP series, RP200, S series switches, Secospace USG series, TE series, TP series, USG9500, and ViewPoint 9030. An authenticated local attacker can exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted malicious certificate, causing the system to enter a deadloop. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating that a low-privileged local attacker can achieve a high impact on availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
v500r002c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:dp300_firmware:v500r002c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v500r001c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ips_module_firmware:v500r001c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v500r001c30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ips_module_firmware:v500r001c30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v500r001c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ngfw_module_firmware:v500r001c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v500r002c00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:huawei:ngfw_module_firmware:v500r002c00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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