Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-17301 - Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in Huawei products
Summary
Huawei AR120-S V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR1200 V200R005C20, V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, AR1200-S V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, AR160 V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, AR200 V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, AR200-S V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR2200 V200R005C20, V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, AR2200-S V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, AR3200 V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C00, V200R008C10, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, AR510 V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, CloudEngine 12800 V100R003C00, V100R003C10, V100R005C00, V100R005C10, V100R006C00, V200R001C00, CloudEngine 5800 V100R003C00, V100R003C10, V100R005C00, V100R005C10, V100R006C00, V200R001C00, CloudEngine 6800 V100R003C00, V100R003C10, V100R005C00, V100R005C10, V100R006C00, V200R001C00, CloudEngine 7800 V100R003C00, V100R003C10, V100R005C00, V100R005C10, V100R006C00, V200R001C00, DP300 V500R002C00, SMC2.0 V100R003C10, V100R005C00, V500R002C00, SRG1300 V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, SRG2300 V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, SRG3300 V200R005C32, V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, TE30 V100R001C10, TE60 V100R003C00, V500R002C00, VP9660 V200R001C02, V200R001C30, V500R002C00, ViewPoint 8660 V100R008C02, V100R008C03, eSpace IAD V300R002C01, eSpace U1981 V200R003C20, V200R003C30, eSpace USM V100R001C01, V300R001C00 have a weak cryptography vulnerability. Due to not properly some values in the certificates, an unauthenticated remote attacker could forges a specific RSA certificate and exploits the vulnerability to pass identity authentication and logs into the target device to obtain permissions configured for the specific user name.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Creating a Rogue Certificate Authority Certificate An attacker exploits a weakness in the MD5 hash algorithm (weak collision resistance) to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) that contains collision blocks in the "to be signed" part. The attacker specially crafts two different, but valid X.509 certificates that when hashed with the MD5 algorithm would yield the same value. The attacker then sends the CSR for one of the certificates to the Certification Authority which uses the MD5 hashing algorithm. That request is completely valid and the Certificate Authority issues an X.509 certificate to the attacker which is signed with its private key. An attacker then takes that signed blob and inserts it into another X.509 certificate that the attacker generated. Due to the MD5 collision, both certificates, though different, hash to the same value and so the signed blob works just as well in the second certificate. The net effect is that the attackers' second X.509 certificate, which the Certification Authority has never seen, is now signed and validated by that Certification Authority. To make the attack more interesting, the second certificate could be not just a regular certificate, but rather itself a signing certificate. Thus the attacker is able to start their own Certification Authority that is anchored in its root of trust in the legitimate Certification Authority that has signed the attackers' first X.509 certificate. If the original Certificate Authority was accepted by default by browsers, so will now the Certificate Authority set up by the attacker and of course any certificates that it signs. So the attacker is now able to generate any SSL certificates to impersonate any web server, and the user's browser will not issue any warning to the victim. This can be used to compromise HTTPS communications and other types of systems where PKI and X.509 certificates may be used (e.g., VPN, IPSec) .