CVE-2024-42399 Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerabilities in the Soft AP Daemon Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service on HPE Aruba Access Points via the PAPI protocol, disrupting network operations.

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-2024-42399?

CVE-2024-42399 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Arubanetworks Arubaos, published on 6 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerabilities exist in the Soft AP daemon accessed via the PAPI protocol. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities results in the ability to interrupt the normal operation of the affected Access Point.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42399?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Arubanetworks Arubaos, Hp Instantos.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42399?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42399 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-2024-42399 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42399 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Arubanetworks Arubaos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9h4x-2mmw-9488.

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