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CVE-2017-17141

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Published: Mar 05, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
3.7
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17141
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/772.html

Huawei S12700 V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R007C20; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S1700 V200R006C10; V200R009C00;S2700 V100R006C03; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R006C10; V200R007C00; V200R007C00B050; V200R007C00SPC009T; V200R007C00SPC019T; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S3700 V100R006C03;S5700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R003C02; V200R005C00; V200R005C01; V200R005C02; V200R005C03; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S6700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R005C01; V200R005C02; V200R008C00; V200R009C00;S7700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R006C01; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R008C06; V200R009C00;S9700 V200R001C00; V200R001C01; V200R002C00; V200R003C00; V200R005C00; V200R006C00; V200R007C00; V200R007C01; V200R008C00; V200R009C00 have a memory leak vulnerability. In some specific conditions, if attackers send specific malformed MPLS Service PING messages to the affected products, products do not release the memory when handling the packets. So successful exploit will result in memory leak of the affected products.

Weakness

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
S12700_firmware Huawei v200r005c00 (including) v200r005c00 (including)
S12700_firmware Huawei v200r006c00 (including) v200r006c00 (including)
S12700_firmware Huawei v200r007c00 (including) v200r007c00 (including)
S12700_firmware Huawei v200r007c01 (including) v200r007c01 (including)
S12700_firmware Huawei v200r007c20 (including) v200r007c20 (including)
S12700_firmware Huawei v200r008c00 (including) v200r008c00 (including)
S12700_firmware Huawei v200r009c00 (including) v200r009c00 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.
  • Use resource-limiting settings provided by the operating system or environment. For example, when managing system resources in POSIX, setrlimit() can be used to set limits for certain types of resources, and getrlimit() can determine how many resources are available. However, these functions are not available on all operating systems.
  • When the current levels get close to the maximum that is defined for the application (see CWE-770), then limit the allocation of further resources to privileged users; alternately, begin releasing resources for less-privileged users. While this mitigation may protect the system from attack, it will not necessarily stop attackers from adversely impacting other users.
  • Ensure that the application performs the appropriate error checks and error handling in case resources become unavailable (CWE-703).

References

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