CVE-2024-56072 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published 15 Dec 2024 Updated 16 Dec 2024

Remote attackers can crash FastNetMon Community Edition by sending crafted sFlow packets with excessive samples, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2024-56072?

CVE-2024-56072 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.7. The sFlow v5 plugin allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that specifies many sFlow samples.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56072?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pavel-Odintsov Fastnetmon.

How do I fix CVE-2024-56072?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2024-56072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56072, GHSA-x89m-rvq3-8g32, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56072.