CVE-2020-9101 Memory corruption in IPS Module
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service by sending malformed packets to Huawei firewall products due to insufficient validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9101?
CVE-2020-9101 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Huawei Ips Module Firmware, published on 17 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in some products. An unauthenticated attacker crafts malformed packets with specific parameter and sends the packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of packets, which may be exploited to cause the process reboot. Affected product versions include: IPS Module versions V500R005C00, V500R005C10; NGFW Module versions V500R005C00, V500R005C10; Secospace USG6300 versions V500R001C30, V500R001C60, V500R005C00, V500R005C10; Secospace USG6500 versions V500R001C30, V500R001C60, V500R005C00, V500R005C10; Secospace USG6600 versions V500R001C30, V500R001C60, V500R005C00, V500R005C10; USG9500 versions V500R001C30, V500R001C60, V500R005C00, V500R005C10
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9101?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Huawei Ips Module Firmware, Huawei Ngfw Module Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6300 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6500 Firmware, Huawei Secospace Usg6600 Firmware, Huawei Usg9500 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9101?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9101 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-9101 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9101 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Ips Module Firmware
- CVE-2020-9099 Auth bypass in IPS Module; NGFW Module; NIP6300; NIP6600; NIP6800; Secospace USG6300; Secospace USG6500; Secospace USG6600; USG9500
- CVE-2016-4576 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2021-37129 Memory corruption in IIPS Module;NGFW Module;NIP6600;S12700;S1700;S2700;S5700;S6700;S7700;S9700;USG9500
- CVE-2021-22320 Denial of service in IPS Module;NGFW Module;NIP6600;NIP6800;Secospace USG6300;Secospace USG6500;Secospace USG6600
- CVE-2017-15348 Denial of service in IPS Module,NGFW Module,NIP6300,NIP6600,Secospace USG6300,Secospace USG6500,Secospace USG6600,USG9500,
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vqmw-xc69-r5c5.