CVE-2018-7920: High severity Huawei Ar1200 Firmware vulnerability

Published Apr 19, 2018
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Updated

Huawei AR1200 V200R006C10SPC300, AR160 V200R006C10SPC300, AR200 V200R006C10SPC300, AR2200 V200R006C10SPC300, AR3200 V200R006C10SPC300 devices have an improper resource management vulnerability. Due to the improper implementation of ACL mechanism, a remote attacker may send TCP messages to the management interface of the affected device to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could exhaust the socket resource of management interface, leading to a DoS condition.

Affected Software

20 affected components
Huawei Ar1200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR1200
Huawei Ar160 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR160
Huawei Ar200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR200
Huawei Ar2200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR2200
Huawei Ar3200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR3200
All of the following
Huawei Ar1200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR1200
All of the following
Huawei Ar160 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR160
All of the following
Huawei Ar200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR200
All of the following
Huawei Ar2200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR2200
All of the following
Huawei Ar3200 Firmware=v200r006c10spc300
Huawei AR3200

Event History

Apr 19, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·02:29 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-7920.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2018-7920?

The severity of CVE-2018-7920 is high with a score of 7.5.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2018-7920?

Huawei AR1200 V200R006C10SPC300, AR160 V200R006C10SPC300, AR200 V200R006C10SPC300, AR2200 V200R006C10SPC300, and AR3200 V200R006C10SPC300 are affected by CVE-2018-7920.

4

What is the description of CVE-2018-7920?

CVE-2018-7920 is an improper resource management vulnerability in Huawei AR series devices, allowing remote attackers to send TCP messages to the management interface.

5

Is there a fix available for CVE-2018-7920?

Please refer to the official Huawei security advisory for information on available fixes and mitigations for CVE-2018-7920.

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