Linux Foundation Magma up to 1.8.0 Mobile Management Entity RRC Establishment Clause null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Linux Foundation Magma up to 1.8.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Mobile Management Entity. The manipulation of the argument RRC Establishment Clause results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-37039. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Foundation Magma up to 1.8.0. Affected is an unknown part of the component Mobile Management Entity. The manipulation of the argument RRC Establishment Clause with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Mobile Management Entity (MME) in Magma <= 1.8.0 (fixed in v1.9 commit 08472ba98b8321f802e95f5622fa90fec2dea486) allow network-adjacent attackers to crash the MME via an S1AP `Initial UE Message` packet missing an expected `RRC Establishment Clause` field.

The advisory is available at cellularsecurity.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-37039 since 06/28/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be done within the local network. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 08472ba98b8321f802e95f5622fa90fec2dea486 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Magma 1.9
Patch: 08472ba98b8321f802e95f5622fa90fec2dea486

Timelineinfo

06/28/2023 🔍
01/22/2025 +574 days 🔍
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01/23/2025 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: linuxfoundation.org

Advisory: cellularsecurity.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-37039 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-37039
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-292890

Entryinfo

Created: 01/22/2025 07:08
Updated: 01/23/2025 16:52
Changes: 01/22/2025 07:08 (57), 01/23/2025 16:52 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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