SB2019121609 - Denial of service in Huawei Y9 2019 and Honor View 20
Published: December 16, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121609
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5260)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation of specific value when parsing the messages. A remote attacker on the local network can send a specially crafted TD-SCDMA messages from a rogue base station to the affected devices, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Note: This vulnerability can be expoited when the affected device is working in TD-SCDMA mode.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.