Security Advisory - Out-of-Bounds Memory Access Vulnerability on Some Huawei FireWall Products

There is an Out-of-Bounds memory access vulnerability in Huawei FireWall products due to insufficient verification. An authenticated local attacker can make processing crash by executing some commands. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-06146)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-17163.

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-20171213-01-firewall-en