CVE-2024-38654 Denial of service in Secure Access Client

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A local authenticated attacker with admin privileges can cause a denial of service in Ivanti Secure Access Client due to improper bounds checking.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-38654?

CVE-2024-38654 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client, published on 13 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper bounds checking in Ivanti Secure Access Client before version 22.7R3 allows a local authenticated attacker with admin privileges to cause a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38654?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ivanti Secure Access Client.

How do I fix CVE-2024-38654?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38654 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-2024-38654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7pmr-m2q5-rp82.

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