CVE-2020-1881 Denial of service in NIP6800;Secospace USG6600;USG9500

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause service abnormalities on Huawei network security devices by triggering a resource management error through specific operations.

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-2020-1881?

CVE-2020-1881 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 have a resource management error vulnerability. An attacker needs to perform specific operations to trigger a function of the affected device. Due to improper resource management of the function, the vulnerability can be exploited to cause service abnormal on affected devices.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1881?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Huawei Nip6800 Firmware, Huawei Oceanstor 5310 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware, Huawei Usg9500 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1881?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1881 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-2020-1881 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1881 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Nip6800 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4pgq-jrr4-gr53.

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