Linux Foundation Magma up to 1.8.0 Mobile Management Entity Supported TAs null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Foundation Magma up to 1.8.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component Mobile Management Entity. The manipulation of the argument Supported TAs leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-37037. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Foundation Magma up to 1.8.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Mobile Management Entity. The manipulation of the argument Supported TAs with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Mobile Management Entity (MME) in Magma <= 1.8.0 (fixed in v1.9 commit 08472ba98b8321f802e95f5622fa90fec2dea486) allows network-adjacent attackers to crash the MME via an S1AP `S1Setup Request` packet missing an expected `Supported TAs` field.

It is possible to read the advisory at cellularsecurity.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-37037 since 06/28/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack can only be done within the local network. Technical details of the vulnerability 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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Magma 1.9
Patch: 08472ba98b8321f802e95f5622fa90fec2dea486

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06/28/2023 🔍
01/22/2025 +574 days 🔍
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01/27/2025 +5 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: linuxfoundation.org

Advisory: cellularsecurity.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-37037 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-37037
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-292895

Entryinfo

Created: 01/22/2025 07:21
Updated: 01/27/2025 15:50
Changes: 01/22/2025 07:21 (57), 01/23/2025 16:21 (12), 01/27/2025 15:50 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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