CVE-2019-5291 Other in AR120-S;AR1200;AR1200-S;AR150;AR150-S;AR160;AR200;AR200-S;AR2200;AR2200-S;AR3200;AR3600;CloudEngine 12800;NetEngine16EX;S6700;SRG1300;SRG2300;SRG3300

Medium 5.9 Published 13 Dec 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Huawei network devices by intercepting and modifying specific data packets due to insufficient verification.

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-2019-5291?

CVE-2019-5291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ar3200 Firmware, published on 13 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Some Huawei products have an insufficient verification of data authenticity vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker has to intercept specific packets between two devices, modify the packets, and send the modified packets to the peer device. Due to insufficient verification of some fields in the packets, an attacker may exploit the vulnerability to cause the target device to be abnormal.

Weakness: CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5291?

It affects 18 products.

Products include Huawei Ar120-S Firmware, Huawei Ar1200-S Firmware, Huawei Ar1200 Firmware, Huawei Ar150-S Firmware, Huawei Ar150 Firmware, Huawei Ar160 Firmware and 12 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5291?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5291 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-5291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Ar3200 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x6v5-8qcc-4q56.