Security Advisory - Memory Leak Vulnerability in Some Firewall Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200212-02-firewall
- Initial Release Date: 2020-02-12
- Last Release Date: 2020-02-12
There is a memory leak vulnerability in some firewall products. The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory while parse certain message, the attacker sends the message continuously that could consume remaining memory. Successful exploit could cause memory exhaust. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-12415)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1815
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-20200212-02-firewall-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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NIP6800 |
V500R001C30 |
Upgrade to V500R005C20SPC300 |
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V500R001C60SPC500 |
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V500R005C00 |
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Secospace USG6600 |
V500R001C30SPC200 |
Upgrade to V500R005C20SPC300 |
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V500R001C30SPC600 |
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V500R001C60SPC500 |
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V500R005C00 |
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USG9500 |
V500R001C30SPC200 |
Upgrade to V500R005C20SPC300 |
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V500R001C30SPC600 |
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V500R001C60SPC500 |
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V500R005C00 |
Successful exploit could cause memory exhaust and certain process restart.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. IPSEC function is enabled.
2. The attacker could gain access the affected network.
Vulnerability details:
The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory while parse certain message, the attacker sends the message continuously that could consume remaining memory. Successful exploit could cause memory exhaust.
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.
2020-02-12 V1.0 INITIAL
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