Memory leak in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1815
Published: February 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25431
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1815
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory while parse certain message. A remote authenticated attacker can send specially crafted message, consume remaining memory and cause memory exhaust.
Affected software
Huawei Secospace USG6600
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1815
Install updates from vendor's website.
Huawei Secospace USG6600 - update to V500R005C20SPC300
USG9500 - update to V500R005C20SPC300
Huawei NIP6800 - update to V500R005C20SPC300
USG9500 - update to V500R005C20SPC300
Huawei NIP6800 - update to V500R005C20SPC300