Security Advisory - Digital Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability in Some Huawei Routers
- SA No:huawei-sa-20190320-01-ar
- Initial Release Date: 2019-03-20
- Last Release Date: 2019-10-16
There is a digital signature verification bypass vulnerability in some Huawei routers. The vulnerability is due to the affected software improperly verifying digital signatures for the software image in the affected device. A local attacker with high privilege may exploit the vulnerability to bypass integrity checks for software images and install a malicious software image on the affected device. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-01058)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-5300.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190320-01-ar-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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AR1200 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR1200-S |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR150 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR160 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR200 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR2200 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR2200-S |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR3200 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C20SPC800 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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AR3600 |
V200R008C50 |
Upgrade to V200R009SPH017 |
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V200R009C00 |
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SRG1300 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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SRG2300 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
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SRG3300 |
V200R007C00SPC600 |
Upgrade to V200R010SPH003 |
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V200R008C50SPC500 |
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V200R009C00SPC500 |
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V200R010C00SPC200 |
A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass integrity checks for software images and install a malicious software image on the affected device.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 6.2 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
Overall Score: 6.2
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. The attacker has the high privilege of the affected products.
Vulnerability details:
There is a digital signature verification bypass vulnerability in some Huawei routers. The vulnerability is due to the affected software improperly verifying digital signatures for the software image in the affected device. A local attacker with high privilege may exploit the vulnerability to bypass integrity checks for software images and install a malicious software image on the affected device.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was reported to Huawei PSIRT by Sunny Garg (Vodafone Ireland) and Ivica Stipovic (Ward Solutions). Huawei would like to thank Sunny Garg and Ivica Stipovic for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2019-10-16 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2019-04-15 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2019-03-20 V1.0 INITIAL
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