CVE-2024-41146 Denial of service in Controller 6000 and Controller 7000
An attacker with physical access to HBUS cabling can cause a denial-of-service on connected devices, requiring a reboot to resolve.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-41146?
CVE-2024-41146 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gallagher Controller 6000 and Controller 7000, published on 12 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Use of Multiple Resources with Duplicate Identifier (CWE-694) in the Controller 6000 and Controller 7000 Platforms could allow an attacker with physical access to HBUS communication cabling to perform a Denial-of-Service attack against HBUS connected devices, require a device reboot to resolve.
This issue affects: Controller 6000 and Controller 7000 firmware versions 9.10 prior to vCR9.10.241108a (distributed in 9.10.2149 (MR4)), 9.00 prior to vCR9.00.241108a (distributed in 9.00.2374 (MR5)), 8.90 prior to vCR8.90.241107a (distributed in 8.90.2356 (MR6)), all versions of 8.80 and prior.
Weakness: CWE-694
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41146?
How do I fix CVE-2024-41146?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41146 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-2024-41146 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41146 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4588-xx8p-ch9q.