Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Some Huawei AP Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20190327-01-ap
- Initial Release Date: 2019-03-27
- Last Release Date: 2019-10-09
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei AP products. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and run a series of commands. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-02007)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-5298.
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-20190327-01-ap-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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AP2000 |
V200R008C10 |
V200R008C10SPCe00 |
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V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC800 |
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V200R010C00 |
V200R010C00SPC600 |
|
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AP4000 |
V200R008C10 |
V200R008C10SPCe00 |
|
V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC800 |
|
|
V200R010C00 |
V200R010C00SPC600 |
|
|
AP4050DN-E |
V200R009C00 |
V200R009C00SPC800 |
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and run a series of commands.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 6.8 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 6.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
Overall Score: 6.3
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. An attacker can physically connect the affected devices.
Vulnerability details:
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei AP products. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and run a series of commands.
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 discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2019-10-09 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2019-03-27 V1.0 INITIAL
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