CVE-2020-1873 Denial of service in NIP6800;Secospace USG6600;USG9500
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a device reboot by sending a malformed message to Huawei NIP and USG series network devices.
- 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-2020-1873?
CVE-2020-1873 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Huawei Nip6800 Firmware, published on 28 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NIP6800;Secospace USG6600;USG9500 products with versions of V500R001C30; V500R001C60SPC500; V500R005C00SPC100 have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker crafts malformed message with specific parameter and sends the message to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of message, which may be exploited to cause the device reboot.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1873?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Nip6800 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware, Huawei Usg9500 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1873?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1873 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-2020-1873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Nip6800 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w4wr-grpf-cvhh.