CVE-2020-9098

Huawei OceanStor 5310 product with version of V500R007C60SPC100 has an invalid pointer access vulnerability. The software system access an invalid pointer when attacker malformed packet. Due to the insufficient validation of some parameter, successful exploit could cause device reboot.

Weakness

The product attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.

Affected Software

Extended Description

This weakness can take several forms, such as:

Potential Mitigations

• Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.

References

• http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200429-01-invalidpointer-en
• https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200429-01-invalidpointer-en