CVE-2024-28084 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can crash the iNet wireless daemon via malformed service information, causing denial of service on Linux systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-28084?

CVE-2024-28084 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

p2putil.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) through 2.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of initialization issues in situations where parsing of advertised service information fails.

Weakness: CWE-665

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28084?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (1)
iwd openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions2.19-1.1

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Intel Inet Wireless Daemon.

How do I fix CVE-2024-28084?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2024-28084 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28084 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28084, GHSA-58qv-qvf3-f8mp, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28084, openSUSE-SU-2024:14125-1.

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