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Certification Report
Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software
V800R022C00SPC600
Sponsor and developer: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Administration Building, Headquarters of Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd., Bantian, Longgang District,
Shenzhen, 518129, Peoples Republic of China
Evaluation facility: Riscure B.V.
Delftechpark 49
2628 XJ Delft
The Netherlands
Report number: NSCIB-CC-0207368-CR3
Report version: 1
Project number: 0207368_3
Author(s): Andy Brown
Date: 15 March 2023
Number of pages: 13
Number of appendices: 0
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CONTENTS
Foreword 3
Recognition of the Certificate 4
International recognition 4
European recognition 4
1 Executive Summary 5
2 Certification Results 7
2.1 Identification of Target of Evaluation 7
2.2 Security Policy 7
2.3 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope 8
2.3.1 Assumptions 8
2.3.2 Clarification of scope 8
2.4 Architectural Information 8
2.5 Documentation 9
2.6 IT Product Testing 9
2.6.1 Testing approach and depth 9
2.6.2 Independent penetration testing 10
2.6.3 Test configuration 10
2.6.4 Test results 11
2.7 Reused Evaluation Results 11
2.8 Evaluated Configuration 11
2.9 Evaluation Results 11
2.10 Comments/Recommendations 11
3 Security Target 12
4 Definitions 12
5 Bibliography 13
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Foreword
The Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the Area of IT Security (NSCIB) provides a third-party
evaluation and certification service for determining the trustworthiness of Information Technology (IT)
security products. Under this NSCIB, TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V. has the task of issuing
certificates for IT security products, as well as for protection profiles and sites.
Part of the procedure is the technical examination (evaluation) of the product, protection profile or site
according to the Common Criteria assessment guidelines published by the NSCIB. Evaluations are
performed by an IT Security Evaluation Facility (ITSEF) under the oversight of the NSCIB Certification
Body, which is operated by TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V. in cooperation with the Ministry of the
Interior and Kingdom Relations.
An ITSEF in the Netherlands is a commercial facility that has been licensed by TÜV Rheinland
Nederland B.V. to perform Common Criteria evaluations; a significant requirement for such a licence is
accreditation to the requirements of ISO Standard 17025 “General requirements for the accreditation
of calibration and testing laboratories”.
By awarding a Common Criteria certificate, TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V. asserts that the product or
site complies with the security requirements specified in the associated (site) security target, or that
the protection profile (PP) complies with the requirements for PP evaluation specified in the Common
Criteria for Information Security Evaluation. A (site) security target is a requirements specification
document that defines the scope of the evaluation activities.
The consumer should review the (site) security target or protection profile, in addition to this
certification report, to gain an understanding of any assumptions made during the evaluation, the IT
product's intended environment, its security requirements, and the level of confidence (i.e., the
evaluation assurance level) that the product or site satisfies the security requirements stated in the
(site) security target.
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Recognition of the Certificate
The presence of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) and the SOG-IS logos on the
certificate indicates that this certificate is issued in accordance with the provisions of the CCRA and
the SOG-IS Mutual Recognition Agreement (SOG-IS MRA) and will be recognised by the participating
nations.
International recognition
The CCRA was signed by the Netherlands in May 2000 and provides mutual recognition of certificates
based on the Common Criteria (CC). Since September 2014 the CCRA has been updated to provide
mutual recognition of certificates based on cPPs (exact use) or STs with evaluation assurance
components up to and including EAL2+ALC_FLR.
For details of the current list of signatory nations and approved certification schemes, see
http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org.
European recognition
The SOG-IS MRA Version 3, effective since April 2010, provides mutual recognition in Europe of
Common Criteria and ITSEC certificates at a basic evaluation level for all products. A higher
recognition level for evaluation levels beyond EAL4 (respectively E3-basic) is provided for products
related to specific technical domains. This agreement was signed initially by Finland, France,
Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Italy joined the SOG-IS
MRA in December 2010.
For details of the current list of signatory nations, approved certification schemes and the list of
technical domains for which the higher recognition applies, see https://www.sogis.eu.
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1 Executive Summary
This Certification Report states the outcome of the Common Criteria security evaluation of the Huawei
NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600. The developer of the
Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600 is Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd. located in Shenzhen, China and they also act as the sponsor of the evaluation
and certification. A Certification Report is intended to assist prospective consumers when judging the
suitability of the IT security properties of the product for their particular requirements.
The TOE is software running on the NetEngine 8000 series routers. It is defined as the software
running on the hardware corresponding to the following Huawei routers: NetEngine 8000 F1A-8H20Q,
NetEngine 8000 M8, NetEngine 8000 M14, NetEngine 8000 X4, NetEngine 8000 X8 and NetEngine
8000 X16, NetEngine 9000-8, NetEngine 9000-20, NetEngine 8000 M4.. These routers consist of both
hardware (non-TOE) and software (TOE and non-TOE portions). The software running on the routers
is denominated Versatile Routing Platform (VRP) developed by Huawei. VRP provides extensive
security features, including different interfaces with according access levels for administrators,
enforcing authentications prior to establishment of administrative sessions, auditing of security-
relevant management activities. The TOE software consists of TSF and non-TSF parts.
The TOE was evaluated initially by | Riscure B.V. | in Delft and was certified on 01 September 2021.
The re-evaluation of the TOE has also been conducted by Riscure B.V. and was completed on 15
March 2023 with the approval of the ETR. The re-certification procedure has been conducted in
accordance with the provisions of the Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the Area of IT Security
[NSCIB].
The second issue of the Certification Report was a result of a “recertification with major changes”.
The major changes were:
Add a new data centre (Guiyang) using a STAR report.
Fix bugs and vulnerabilities.
Comply with the SFRs in NDcPP V2.2
Add more hardware platforms
Update some Configuration Management IT system
The security evaluation reused the evaluation results of previously performed evaluations. A full, up-
to-date vulnerability analysis has been made, as well as renewed testing.
This third issue of the Certification Report is a result of a “recertification with major changes”.
The major changes are:
Add a hardware platform
The security evaluation reused the evaluation results of previously performed evaluations. A full, up-
to-date vulnerability analysis has been made, as well as renewed testing.
The scope of the evaluation is defined by the security target [ST], which identifies assumptions made
during the evaluation, the intended environment for the Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series
Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600, the security requirements, and the level of confidence
(evaluation assurance level) at which the product is intended to satisfy the security requirements.
Consumers of the Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600
are advised to verify that their own environment is consistent with the security target, and to give due
consideration to the comments, observations and recommendations in this certification report.
The results documented in the evaluation technical report [ETR] 1 for this product provide sufficient
evidence that the TOE meets the EAL4 augmented (EAL4+) assurance requirements for the evaluated
1 The Evaluation Technical Report contains information proprietary to the developer and/or the
evaluator, and is not available for public review.
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security functionality. This assurance level is augmented with ALC_FLR.2 (Flaw Reporting
Procedures).
The evaluation was conducted using the Common Methodology for Information Technology Security
Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 5 [CEM] for conformance to the Common Criteria for Information
Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 Revision 5 [CC] (Parts I, II and III).
TÜV Rheinland Nederland B.V., as the NSCIB Certification Body, declares that the evaluation meets
all the conditions for international recognition of Common Criteria Certificates and that the product will
be listed on the NSCIB Certified Products list. Note that the certification results apply only to the
specific version of the product as evaluated.
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2 Certification Results
2.1 Identification of Target of Evaluation
The Target of Evaluation (TOE) for this evaluation is the Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series
Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600 from Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. located in Shenzhen,
China.
The TOE is comprised of the following main components:
Delivery
item type
Identifier Version
Software
Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers'
Software
V800R022C00SPC600
To ensure secure usage a set of guidance documents is provided, together with the Huawei
NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600. For details, see section
2.5 “Documentation” of this report.
2.2 Security Policy
To counter the security threats listed in the [ST], the TOE provides the following security features:
• Security Audit
• Cryptographic support
• Identification and authentication
• Secure Management
• Protection of the TSF
• TOE access through user authentication
• Trusted path and channels for device authentication
• Trusted software updates
These features are explained in detail in Section 1.4.2 of the security target. In addition, the
description references the main modules used to enforce security and to supply the server
infrastructure. Modules here refer to software subsystems within the TOE. They are:
• AAA (Authentication Authorization Accounting)
• SSH
• Cryptographic
• Audit
• NTP
• Boot-Security
• Trusted-Update
• TLS
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2.3 Assumptions and Clarification of Scope
2.3.1 Assumptions
The assumptions defined in the Security Target are not covered by the TOE itself. These aspects lead
to specific Security Objectives to be fulfilled by the TOE-Environment. For detailed information on the
security objectives that must be fulfilled by the TOE environment, see section 4.2 of the [ST].
2.3.2 Clarification of scope
The evaluation did not reveal any threats to the TOE that are not countered by the evaluated security
functions of the product
2.4 Architectural Information
The TOE scope consists of the software running in the router device. The hardware is out of TOE
scope.
The underlying OS, on which the TOE software is supported, consists of a Linux operating system.
The OS provides basic services including memory management, scheduling management, file
management, and device management.
The VRP software is a network operating platform, which has a distributed, multi-process, and
component-based architecture. It builds upon the hardware development trend and will meet carriers'
exploding service requirements.
The VRP software is responsible for functional management, routing information generation, receiving
generated routing information and formatting them into hardware-specific data to direct traffic
forwarding.
The diagram below describes which modules of the VRP software are part of the TSF and which ones
are not. Only the part of the TOE highlighted in green is included in the TSF.
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VRP consists of SMP, SCP, GCP, DP and SSP. Only SMP, SCP and SSP are in the scope of the
TSF. OS, GCP and DP are not in the scope of the TSF.
6 logical planes are defined for the Software Architecture, they are:
• In TSF scope:
o System Manage Plane (SMP), implements management for external access,
management for system configuration, information output on VRP;
o Service Control Plane (SCP), implements authentication, authorization, accounting
and other serviceable functionality on VRP;
o System Service Plane (SSP), implements system internal scheduling, communication,
management of signals, events, timers, etc. System security functions are also
implemented at this plane.
• Out of TSF scope:
o General Control Plane (GCP), implements routing information learning, ARP table
entry learning, STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) topology management, and
functionalities related to TCP/IP stack on VRP;
o Data Plane (DP), implements traffic forwarding. Forwarding related information, e.g.
routing information, ARP table entry, static MAC table entries are generated in GCP
and downloaded via communication channel provided by SSP;
Operating System (OS), provides hardware and software resource management
2.5 Documentation
The following documentation is provided with the product by the developer to the customer:
Identifier Version
AGD_PRE Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers’ Software
Preparatory Procedures 1.1
AGD_OPE Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers’ Software
Operational User Guidance
1.1
Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers’ Software Upgrade
Guide
1.1
NetEngine 8000 X, 8000E X, 8100 X Product Documentation 01
NetEngine 8000 M14K, M14, M8K, M8, M4, 8000E M14 M8, 8100 M14 M8
Product Documentation
01
NetEngine 8000 F1A Product Documentation 01
NE9000 Product Documentation 01
2.6 IT Product Testing
Testing (depth, coverage, functional tests, independent testing): The evaluators examined the
developer’s testing activities documentation and verified that the developer has met their testing
responsibilities.
2.6.1 Testing approach and depth
The evaluator made a sampling of the developer test cases based on the following criteria:
• Tests covering TSFIs exposed to the Internet
• Tests covering privilege separation
• Tests covering authentication.
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Since this was a device designed to be connected to the Internet, the evaluator focused on test cases
that would result in an attacker gaining administrative control of the TOE.
In the baseline certification, the evaluator repeated 4 of the developer’s test cases.
In addition, the evaluator devised 1 additional independent functional test to further complement the
coverage.
In this first re-certification, the evaluator also repeated 4 of the developer’s test cases.
In addition, the evaluator devised 2 additional independent functional tests to further complement the
assurance.
2.6.2 Independent penetration testing
The TOE is a network server that performs routing. Therefore, the vulnerability analysis was
conducted using the network attack methods, and is structured in the following phases:
• Information Gathering and Potential Vulnerability Identification: understand network structures,
server properties using port scanning, detection of running services etc. and conducting public
vulnerability searches to identify potential vulnerabilities
• Exploitation: get some first unprivileged access e.g. by manipulating file upload mechanisms,
authentication bypass, password attacks etc.
• Privilege escalation: escalate to extended / root privileges to gather further information on
operating system properties, application services, file-system structures to get deeper into the
system and break security features
The vulnerability analysis took information from the design assessment of the TOE into account. The
ADV/ATE documentation along with the source code review that was done as part of the combined
AVA/ADV_IMP assessment also provided insight into areas that could be potentially vulnerable.
These were then testing in the penetration testing phase.
To rate the difficulties to exploit potential vulnerabilities the evaluator used the standard rating
methodology from the Common Criteria Standard. The reason for this choice was that the standard
rating focusses on the efforts of creating / identifying a potential exploit which was the most important
factor as exploits for this type of product usually have to be deployed remotely and therefore scale
quite well. Thus, there was no reason for applying a specific rating scheme which for example
explicitly splits identification and exploitation efforts.
For the baseline certification the evaluator performed 4 penetration tests. The total test effort
expended by the evaluators was 1.5 weeks. During that test campaign, 100% of the total time was
spent on logical tests.
For this first re-certification the evaluator performed 4 penetration tests. The total test effort expended
by the evaluators was 2 weeks. During that test campaign, 100% of the total time was spent logical
tests.
2.6.3 Test configuration
The TOE sample used for testing was the Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software
V800R021C10SPC600 running on NetEngine 8000 F1A-8H20Q.
The samples were delivered by the developer in a state that was not the certified configuration. The
evaluator followed the preparation guidance identified in section 2.5 to configure the TOE in the
certified configuration. The developer also provided a configuration file to configure the TOE.
There are different hardware versions supported by the TOE, however the difference between the
various versions is the number of interfaces each offers. Therefore the version of the hardware that
was available for testing (NetEngine 8000 F1A-8H20Q) is representative of the other hardware
versions within the context of this evaluation.
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2.6.4 Test results
The testing activities, including configurations, procedures, test cases, expected results and observed
results are summarised in the [ETR], with references to the documents containing the full details.
The developer’s tests and the independent functional tests produced the expected results, giving
assurance that the TOE behaves as specified in its [ST] and functional specification.
No exploitable vulnerabilities were found with the independent penetration tests.
2.7 Reused Evaluation Results
This is a re-certification. Documentary evaluation results of the earlier version of the TOE have been
reused, but vulnerability analysis and penetration testing has been renewed.
There has been extensive reuse of the ALC aspects for the sites involved in the development and
production of the TOE, by use of 5 Site Technical Audit Report{s}.
No sites have been visited as part of this evaluation.
2.8 Evaluated Configuration
The TOE is defined uniquely by its name and version number Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000
Series Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600.
2.9 Evaluation Results
The evaluation lab documented their evaluation results in the [ETR], which references an ASE
Intermediate Report and other evaluator documents.
The verdict of each claimed assurance requirement is “Pass”.
Based on the above evaluation results the evaluation lab concluded the Huawei NetEngine
8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software V800R022C00SPC600, to be CC Part 2 extended, CC Part
3 conformant, and to meet the requirements of EAL 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 . This implies
that the product satisfies the security requirements specified in Security Target [ST].
2.10 Comments/Recommendations
The user guidance as outlined in section 2.5 “Documentation” contains necessary information about
the usage of the TOE
In addition, all aspects of assumptions, threats and policies as outlined in the Security Target not
covered by the TOE itself must be fulfilled by the operational environment of the TOE.
The customer or user of the product shall consider the results of the certification within his system risk
management process. For the evolution of attack methods and techniques to be covered, the
customer should define the period of time until a re-assessment for the TOE is required and thus
requested from the sponsor of the certificate.
The strength of the cryptographic algorithms and protocols was not rated in the course of this
evaluation. This specifically applies to the following proprietary or non-standard algorithms, protocols
and implementations: none
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3 Security Target
The Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software Security Target, v1.2, 06 March 2023
[ST] is included here by reference.
4 Definitions
This list of acronyms and definitions contains elements that are not already defined by the CC or CEM:
CC Common Criteria
CCRA Arrangement on the Recognition of Common Criteria Certificates in the field of IT
Security CEM Common Methodology for Information Technology Security
Evaluation
CEM Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation
DP Data Plane
EAL Evaluation Assurance Level
ETR Evaluation Technical Report
GCP General Control Plane
IT Information Technology
ITSEF IT Security Evaluation Facility
JIL Joint Interpretation Library
NSCIB Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the area of IT security
OS Operating System
PP Protection Profile
SCP Service Control Plane
SMP System Manage Plane
SSH Secure Shell
SSP System Service Plane
TOE Target of Evaluation
VRP Versatile Routing Platform
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5 Bibliography
This section lists all referenced documentation used as source material in the compilation of this
report.
[CC] Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Parts I, II and
III, Version 3.1 Revision 5, April 2017
[CEM] Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation,
Version 3.1 Revision 5, April 2017
[ETR] Evaluation Technical Report for Huawei NetEngine 8000 & NE9000 Series
Routers’ Software V800R022C00SPC600, Version 3.1, 06 March 2023.
[NSCIB] Netherlands Scheme for Certification in the Area of IT Security, Version 2.5,
28 March 2019
[ST] Huawei NetEngine 8000&NE9000 Series Routers' Software Security Target,
v1.2, 06 March 2023
(This is the end of this report.)