Researchers find 36 new security flaws in LTE protocol
The vulnerabilities allow attackers to disrupt mobile coque qi iphone 6 plus base coque samsung galaxy j3 2017 riverdale stations, block incoming coque samsung galaxy a3 silicone personnalisable calls to coque samsung galaxy s wifi 5.0 a device, coque huawei disconnect users coque iphone 6 otter box from a mobile network, coque huawei send spoofed SMS messages, bijoux personnalise and eavesdrop and manipulate user data traffic.
They were discovered by a four person research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Constitution coque samsung s7 photobox (KAIST), coque samsung and documented in a research paper they intend to present at the IEEE Symposium on Security and coque samsung m20 maroc solde coque iphone 6 Privacy in late May 2019.
Vulnerabilities found using fuzzingThe research team’s discoveries aren’t exactly new.
These vulnerabilities have been the driving force behind efforts to create the new and improved 5G standardwhich, unfortunately, isn’t that secure either, with some researchers already poking holes coque samsung galaxy s6 mini in the box in it as well.
They discovered this sheer number of flaws by using a technique known coque samsung s8 magasin as fuzzinga code testing method that inputs a large quantity of random data coque samsung galaxy coque esr iphone 6 plus a5 2016 silicone transparente into an application and analyzes the output for abnormalities, which, in turn, coque samsung give developers a hint about the presence of possible bugs.
Fuzzing has been used for years, but mainly with desktop coque samsung s8 avec strass and server software, coque samsung j 2017 and very rarely for everything else.
KAIST built its own LTE fuzzerAccording to the KAIST paper, seen by ZDNet coque iphone 6 voyageur prior to the IEEE presentation, researchers built a semi automated testing tool named LTEFuzz, coque huawei coque samsung which they used to craft malicious connections to a mobile network, and then analyze the network’s response.
The resulting vulnerabilities, coque samsung see image below or this Google Docs sheet, were located in both the design and implementation of coque samsung s7 turquie the LTE standard among the different carriers and device vendors.
Image: Kim et al.
The KAIST team said it notified both the 3GPP (industry body behind LTE standard) and the GSMA (industry body that coque samsung s7 comme des garçons represents mobile operators), coque iphone but also the corresponding baseband chipset vendors and network equipment vendors on whose hardware they performed the LTEFuzz tests.
Because the flaws reside in both the protocol itself and how some vendors have implemented LTE in their devices, researchers believe many other coque samsung a3 2016 et 2017 flaws still coque samsung s8 case exist in the real world.
Furthermore, their fuzz testing procedures worked with coque samsung j5 2017 nba LTE coque samsung galaxy s6 avec strass connections in their initial states, before any exchange of cryptographic keys, peluche licorne meaning more security flaws may be waiting to be discovered in future tests, bijoux pas cher which researchers said they plan to undertake.
Additional details can be found in the KAIST team’s paper,
