CVE-2019-5285 Denial of service in S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7900, S7900, S7900, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei S series switches by sending crafted packets that trigger a device reboot.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-5285?

CVE-2019-5285 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S12700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S1700, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2300, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S2700, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5300, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S5700, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S600-E, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6300, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S6700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7700, S7900, S7900, S7900, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9300X, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, S9700, published on 4 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Some Huawei S series switches have a DoS vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted packets to the affected device to exploit this vulnerability. Due to insufficient verification of the packets, successful exploitation may cause the device reboot and denial of service (DoS) condition. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-03109)

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5285?

It affects 14 products.

Products include Huawei S12700 Firmware, Huawei S1700 Firmware, Huawei S2300 Firmware, Huawei S2700 Firmware, Huawei S5300 Firmware, Huawei S5700 Firmware and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5285 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-2019-5285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6wj3-8j92-9vqj.

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