CVE-2020-9230 Denial of service in WS5800-10
An attacker can cause a denial of service on Huawei WS5800-10 switches by sending improperly verified specific messages.
- 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-2020-9230?
CVE-2020-9230 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in WS5800-10, published on 12 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
WS5800-10 version 10.0.3.25 has a denial of service vulnerability. Due to improper verification of specific message, an attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause specific function to become abnormal.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9230?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Ws5800-10 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9230?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9230 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-2020-9230 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q4p6-cxv4-r642.