Out-of-bounds read in Huawei products - CVE-2020-9201
Published: December 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48913
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9201
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when parsing DHCP messages including crafted parameter. A remote attacker on the local network can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause certain service abnormal.
Affected software
Huawei Secospace USG6600
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800
USG9500
Huawei NIP6800
How to mitigate CVE-2020-9201
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