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Security Advisory - Weak Algorithm Vulnerability in Some Huawei Products

  • SA No:huawei-sa-20200108-01-rsa
  • Initial Release Date: 2020-01-08
  • Last Release Date: 2020-05-20

There is a weak algorithm vulnerability in some Huawei products. The affected products use the RSA algorithm in the SSL key exchange algorithm which have been considered as a weak algorithm. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to leak some information. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-04082) 
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1810. 
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: 
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200108-01-rsa-en

Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

AR120-S

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C10SPC300

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

AR1200

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCb00PWE

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R008C50SPC500PWE

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC200PWE

V200R010C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC600

V300R003C00SPC500

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V300R003C00SPC500PWE

V300R003C00SPC600

AR1200-S

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R008C50SPC500PWE

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC600

AR150

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCb00PWE

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R008C50SPC500PWE

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC600

AR150-S

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C10SPC300

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

AR160

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCb00PWE

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC600

V300R003C00SPC300

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V300R003C00SPC300B808

V300R003C00SPC500

V300R003C00SPC500PWE

V300R003C00SPC600

AR200

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCb00PWE

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC600

AR200-S

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C10SPC300

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

AR2200

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCb00PWE

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC200PWE

V200R010C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC600

V300R003C00SPC300

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V300R003C00SPC500

V300R003C00SPC500PWE

V300R003C00SPC600

AR2200-S

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC600

AR3200

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCb00PWE

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R008C50SPC500PWE

V200R009C00SPC302

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC200PWE

V200R010C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC500PWE

V200R010C00SPC600

V300R003C00SPC000

V200R010C10SPC700

V300R003C00SPC500

V300R003C00SPC500PWE

V300R003C00SPC600

AR3600

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCb00PWE

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R008C50SPC500PWE

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C10SPC300

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V300R003C00SPC500

V300R003C00SPC600

AntiDDoS1600

V500R005C00SPC100

V500R005C00SPC200

CloudEngine 12800

V100R003C00SPC600

Upgrade to V200R019C00SPC800

V100R003C10SPC100

V100R005C00SPC200

V100R005C00SPC300

V100R005C10HP0001

V100R005C10SPC100

V100R005C10SPC200

V100R006C00

V200R001C00

V200R002C01

V200R002C10

V200R002C20

V200R005C10

NetEngine16EX

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

S5700

V200R005C00SPC500

Upgrade to V200R008C00

V200R005C03

V200R006C00SPC100

V200R006C00SPC300

V200R006C00SPC500

V200R007C00SPC100

V200R007C00SPC500

S6700

V200R005C00SPC500

Upgrade to V200R008C00

V200R005C01

SRG1300

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC600

V300R003C00SPC500

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

SRG2300

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC600

V300R003C00SPC500

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

SRG3300

V200R007C00SPCb00

Upgrade to AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

V200R007C00SPCc00

V200R008C50SPC500

V200R009C00SPC500

V200R010C00SPC200

V200R010C00SPC600

V300R003C00SPC500

AR3200 V200R010C10SPC700

Secospace AntiDDoS8000

V500R001C20SPC200

Upgrade to V500R005C20SPC300

V500R001C20SPC300

V500R001C20SPC500

V500R001C20SPC600

V500R001C60SPC100

V500R001C60SPC101

V500R001C60SPC200

V500R001C60SPC300

V500R001C60SPC500

V500R001C60SPC600

V500R005C00SPC100

V500R005C00SPC200

Secospace USG6600

V500R001C30SPC100

Upgrade to V500R005C00SPC200

USG6000V

V500R005C00SPC100

Upgrade to V500R005C10SPC300



Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to leak some information.


The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).

Base Score: 3.7 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) 

Temporal Score: 3.5 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C) 

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

The attacker could gain the access to the network.

Vulnerability details:

The affected products use the RSA algorithm in the SSL key exchange algorithm which have been considered as a weak algorithm. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to leak some information.


Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.

This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.


2020-05-20 V1.5 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-04-15 V1.4 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-04-08 V1.3 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-03-04 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-01-11 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;

2020-01-08 V1.0 INITIAL


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