CVE-2024-45163 Denial of service in n/a
The Mirai botnet mishandles simultaneous TCP connections, allowing attackers to cause resource consumption and denial of service via unauthenticated sessions.
- 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-2024-45163?
CVE-2024-45163 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, an attacker can send a recognized username (such as root), or can send arbitrary data.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45163?
How do I fix CVE-2024-45163?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45163 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-2024-45163 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-45163 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cm9m-hp76-grcq.