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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE-2023-49391

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in versions prior to 1.2.1 and version 1.3.0 of github.com/free5gc/amf, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service (DoS) on AMF component via crafted NGAP message. NOTE: This shares same fix commit as CVE-2023-47025.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • HIGH

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled resource consumption

An uncontrolled resource allocation attack (also known as resource exhaustion attack) triggers unauthorized overconsumption of the limited resources in an application, such as memory, file system storage, database connection pool entries, and CPU. This may lead to denial of service for valid users and degradation of the application's functionality as well as that of the host operating system.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published