CVE-2024-34484 Ryu Infinite Loop vulnerability

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the Faucet SDN Ryu controller by sending a specific action length.

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-2024-34484?

CVE-2024-34484 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OFPBucket in parser.py in Faucet SDN Ryu 4.34 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via action.len=0.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34484?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ryu. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
ryu PyPIAll versions to 4.34None
ryu PyPIAll versions to 4.34None
ryu PyPIAll versions to 4.34None

Products include Facuet Ryu.

How do I fix CVE-2024-34484?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34484 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-2024-34484 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34484 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c7w6-33j3-j3mx, PYSEC-2026-1880.

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