CVE-2024-45692 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a network traffic loop and denial of service in Webmin and Virtualmin by sending spoofed UDP packets to port 10000.

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-2024-45692?

CVE-2024-45692 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Webmin Webmin, published on 4 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Webmin before 2.202 and Virtualmin before 7.20.2 allow a network traffic loop via spoofed UDP packets on port 10000.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45692?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Virtualmin Virtualmin, Webmin Webmin.

How do I fix CVE-2024-45692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45692 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-2024-45692 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45692 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Webmin Webmin vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ww4v-q9h8-2q3m.

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