Huawei IPS Module Common Open Policy Service out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Huawei IPS Module, NGFW Module, NIP6300, NIP6600, NIP6800, Secospace USG6300, Secospace USG6500, Secospace USG6600 and USG6000V. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Common Open Policy Service. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-1818. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Huawei IPS Module, NGFW Module, NIP6300, NIP6600, NIP6800, Secospace USG6300, Secospace USG6500, Secospace USG6600 and USG6000V. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Common Open Policy Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

There are multiple out of bounds (OOB) read vulnerabilities in the implementation of the Common Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol of some Huawei products. The specific decoding function may occur out-of-bounds read when processes an incoming data packet. Successful exploit of these vulnerabilities may disrupt service on the affected device. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-12275,HWPSIRT-2018-12276,HWPSIRT-2018-12277,HWPSIRT-2018-12278,HWPSIRT-2018-12279,HWPSIRT-2018-12280 and HWPSIRT-2018-12289) The seven vulnerabilities have been assigned seven Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2020-1818, CVE-2020-1819, CVE-2020-1820, CVE-2020-1821, CVE-2020-1822, CVE-2020-1823 and CVE-2020-1824.

The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1818 since 11/29/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 01/11/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Huawei

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• IPS Module
• NGFW Module
• NIP6300
• NIP6600
• NIP6800
• Secospace USG6300
• Secospace USG6500
• Secospace USG6600
• USG6000V

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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