CVE-2019-5280
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe SIP TLS module of Huawei CloudLink Phone 7900 with V600R019C10 has a TLS certificate verification vulnerability. Due to insufficient verification of specific parameters of the TLS server certificate, attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks, leading to the affected phones registered abnormally, affecting the availability of IP phones.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe SIP TLS module in Huawei CloudLink Phone 7900 V600R019C10 fails to properly validate specific parameters of TLS server certificates, allowing attackers to spoof the server via man-in-the-middle attacks and cause phones to register to malicious servers, impacting availability.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= v600r019c10CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device modelCheck if the device is a Huawei CloudLink Phone 7900 by reviewing the device label, web interface, or administrative consoleAffected if Device is a Huawei CloudLink Phone 7900
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Check the firmware versionAccess the phone's web interface or administrative settings and locate the firmware version information, typically found in System > Device Info or About sectionAffected if Firmware version is v600R019C10
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Determine if SIP TLS is enabledNavigate to SIP or telephony settings in the phone's admin interface and check if TLS transport is enabled for SIP connectionsAffected if SIP TLS transport mode is enabled and configured
User is affected if they are running CloudLink Phone 7900 firmware v600R019C10 with SIP TLS enabled
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patch for V600R019C10 that implements proper TLS certificate parameter validation (subject name, issuer, validity dates, chain verification). Until patched, avoid using SIP TLS on untrusted networks or implement additional network-level controls.
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