CVE-2023-24574 Denial of service in Enterprise SONiC OS
Unauthenticated remote attackers can cause denial of service by creating permanent home directories, exhausting system resources in Dell Enterprise SONiC OS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-24574?
CVE-2023-24574 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell Enterprise SONiC OS, published on 2 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell Enterprise SONiC OS, 3.5.3, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, contains an "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability" in authentication component. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to uncontrolled resource consumption by creating permanent home directories for unauthenticated users.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24574?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dell Enterprise Sonic Distribution.
How do I fix CVE-2023-24574?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24574 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-24574 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24574 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5c48-7h6p-5x58.