The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) protocol allows remote attackers to spoof a Presidential Alert because cryptographic authentication is not used, as demonstrated by MessageIdentifier 4370 in LTE System Information Block 12 (aka SIB12). NOTE: testing inside an RF-isolated shield box suggested that all LTE phones are affected by design (e.g., use of Android versus iOS does not matter); testing in an open RF environment is, of course, contraindicated.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2019-8376 | The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) protocol allows remote attackers to spoof a Presidential Alert because cryptographic authentication is not used, as demonstrated by MessageIdentifier 4370 in LTE System Information Block 12 (aka SIB12). NOTE: testing inside an RF-isolated shield box suggested that all LTE phones are affected by design (e.g., use of Android versus iOS does not matter); testing in an open RF environment is, of course, contraindicated. |
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Solution
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Workaround
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References
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| https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3326082 |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T01:54:14.527Z
Reserved: 2019-11-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-18659
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-11-02T01:15:10.630
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:33:28.370
Link: CVE-2019-18659
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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