CVE-2024-36856 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can crash the RMQTT Broker daemon by exhausting system memory through numerous malicious publish/subscribe sessions.
- 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-2024-36856?
CVE-2024-36856 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper session resource management. An attacker can exhaust system memory and crash the daemon by establishing and maintaining a vast number of long-lived malicious publish/subscribe sessions.
Weakness: CWE-404
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36856?
How do I fix CVE-2024-36856?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36856 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-2024-36856 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36856 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mv8j-pg39-6vw9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36856.