CVE-2024-42481 Complete crash of host system due to calculateDirectorySize in skyportd
Attackers can crash the host system by creating excessive files and folders, causing resource exhaustion in the Skyport Daemon.
- 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-2024-42481?
CVE-2024-42481 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in skyportlabs skyportd, published on 12 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Skyport Daemon (skyportd) is the daemon for the Skyport Panel. By making thousands of folders & files (easy due to skyport's lack of rate limiting on createFolder. createFile), skyportd in a lot of cases will cause 100% CPU usage and an OOM, probably crashing the system. This is fixed in 0.2.2.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42481?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Skyport Skyportd.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42481?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42481 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-2024-42481 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-42481 exists.