Denial of service in Huawei CloudEngine 12800 and CloudEngine 6800



Published: 2020-05-27
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-1870
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Huawei CloudEngine 12800
Hardware solutions / Firmware

Huawei CloudEngine 6800
Hardware solutions / Routers & switches, VoIP, GSM, etc

Vendor Huawei

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU28291

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1870

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper memory management. A remote attacker can perform a series of operations to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Huawei CloudEngine 12800: V200R019C00 - V200R019C10

Huawei CloudEngine 6800: V200R019C00SPC800

External links

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200527-01-dos-en


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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