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

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei IPS Module, NGFW Module, NIP6300, NIP6600, NIP6800, Secospace USG6300, Secospace USG6500, Secospace USG6600 and USG6000V. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Common Open Policy Service. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1820. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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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. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Common Open Policy Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-1820 since 11/29/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing 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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