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

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A vulnerability has been found in Huawei IPS Module, NGFW Module, NIP6300, NIP6600, NIP6800, Secospace USG6300, Secospace USG6500, Secospace USG6600 and USG6000V and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Common Open Policy Service. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-1822. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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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. This issue affects an unknown part 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. The summary by CVE is:

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 at huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-1822 since 11/29/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/14/2025).

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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