CVE-2020-9111 Denial of service in E6878-370;E6878-870
An attacker can cause a process reboot by repeatedly launching unchecked events, leading to denial of service on Huawei E6878 routers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9111?
CVE-2020-9111 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in E6878-370;E6878-870, published on 19 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
E6878-370 versions 10.0.3.1(H557SP27C233),10.0.3.1(H563SP21C233) and E6878-870 versions 10.0.3.1(H557SP27C233),10.0.3.1(H563SP11C233) have a denial of service vulnerability. The system does not properly check some events, an attacker could launch the events continually, successful exploit could cause reboot of the process.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9111?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei E6878-370 Firmware, Huawei E6878-870 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9111?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9111 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-2020-9111 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9111 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in E6878-370;E6878-870
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mqw-gxvv-6qrc.