Open5gsApplication

CVE-2022-39063

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-09-16
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 2.4.9 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
When Open5GS UPF receives a PFCP Session Establishment Request, it stores related values for building the PFCP Session Establishment Response. Once UPF receives a request, it gets the f_teid_len from incoming message, and then uses it to copy data from incoming message to struct f_teid without checking the maximum length. If the pdi.local_f_teid.len exceeds the maximum length of the struct of f_teid, the memcpy() overwrites the fields (e.g., f_teid_len) after f_teid in the pdr struct. After parsing the request, the UPF starts to build a response. The f_teid_len with its overwritten value is used as a length for memcpy(). A segmentation fault occurs, as a result of a memcpy(), if this overwritten value is large enough.

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NVD · CPE data
Open5gsApplication
Affected:<= 2.4.9

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2.4.9
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Open5GS 2.4.10 or later (or migrate to latest stable 2.5.x/2.6.x release)

  1. 1. Identify the Open5GS deployment version by checking the installed package or running 'open5gs -v' or reviewing system documentation
  2. 2. Stop all Open5GS services to prevent processing malicious PFCP messages during upgrade: 'systemctl stop open5gs-upfd' and related services
  3. 3. Back up the current Open5GS configuration directory (typically /etc/open5gs/) and database if applicable
  4. 4. Upgrade Open5GS packages using the package manager (e.g., 'apt update && apt install open5gs' or equivalent for your distribution)
  5. 5. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the new version number
  6. 6. Start the Open5GS UPF service: 'systemctl start open5gs-upfd'
  7. 7. Monitor logs for any errors: 'journalctl -u open5gs-upfd -f'
  8. 8. Test PFCP session establishment to confirm the UPF functions correctly with legitimate requests
Caveat Review release notes for any configuration or API changes between 2.4.x and newer versions; test thoroughly in staging before production deployment

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