CVE-2023-29973 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can create unlimited malicious users due to missing rate limits, potentially exhausting resources on pfSense firewalls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-29973?
CVE-2023-29973 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pfsense CE version 2.6.0 is vulnerable to No rate limit which can lead to an attacker creating multiple malicious users in firewall.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29973?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pfsense Pfsense.
How do I fix CVE-2023-29973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29973 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-2023-29973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q5cp-3jrf-3q9p.