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free5GC vulnerable to malformed NGAP message crashing the AMF and NGAP decoders

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 23, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/free5gc/free5gc (Go)

Affected versions

<= 3.2.1

Patched versions

None

Description

In free5GC 3.2.1, a malformed NGAP message can crash the AMF and NGAP decoders via an index-out-of-range panic in aper.GetBitString.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 24, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2022
Reviewed Oct 25, 2022
Last updated Jan 23, 2024

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2022-43677

GHSA ID

GHSA-59hj-62f5-fgmc

Source code

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