Out-of-bounds read in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1824

Vulnerability identifier: #VU46098

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1824

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the specific decoding function. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.

Huawei IPS Module
Huawei NIP6300
Huawei NIP6600
Huawei NIP6800
Huawei Secospace USG6600
Huawei Secospace USG6500
Huawei Secospace USG6300
Huawei NGFW Module
Huawei USG6000V

Install updates from vendor's website.

Huawei IPS Module - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei Secospace USG6600 - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei Secospace USG6500 - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei NIP6300 - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei NIP6600 - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei Secospace USG6300 - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei NIP6800 - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei NGFW Module - update to V500R005C20SPC500
Huawei USG6000V - update to V500R005C00SPC100

• https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191218-01-cops-en

• Multiple vulnerabilities in several Huawei Products