CVE-2019-5284 Denial of service in Leland-AL00A
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Huawei smartphones by tricking users into opening a malformed RTSP media stream.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5284?
CVE-2019-5284 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Leland-AL00A, published on 4 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is a DoS vulnerability in RTSP module of Leland-AL00A Huawei smart phones versions earlier than Leland-AL00A 9.1.0.111(C00E111R2P10T8). Remote attackers could trick the user into opening a malformed RTSP media stream to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could cause the affected phone abnormal, leading to a DoS condition. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-02004)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5284?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Leland-Al00a Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5284?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5284 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-5284 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5284 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxmq-w9j8-69pv.