CVE-2024-42934 Memory corruption in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42934 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-42934 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42934 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42934/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42934/index.md)
Out-of-bounds array access in the OpenIPMI simulator allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-42934?
CVE-2024-42934 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenIPMI before 2.0.36 has an out-of-bounds array access (for authentication type) in the ipmi_sim simulator, resulting in denial of service or (with very low probability) authentication bypass or code execution.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42934?
Linux distribution packages (40)
OpenIPMI AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-devel AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-lanserv AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-libs AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-lanserv Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-lanserv-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-libs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
python3-openipmi-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-lanserv-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-libs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI-perl-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
python3-openipmi-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-lanserv Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-lanserv-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-libs Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-libs-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-perl-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
python3-openipmi-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-lanserv-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-libs-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI-perl-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
python3-openipmi-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::crb | All versions | 0:2.0.32-3.el9_2.3 |
OpenIPMI Rocky Linux:9 | All versions | 0:2.0.32-5.el9_4 |
OpenIPMI SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | All versions | 2.0.31-150400.3.5.1 |
OpenIPMI SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | All versions | 2.0.31-150600.10.3.1 |
OpenIPMI SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 2.0.21-10.9.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-42934?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-42934 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42934 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2024:8037, AZL-50318, AZL-50319, BELL-CVE-2024-42934, CLSA-2026-1780305652, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42934 and 14 more.