CVE-2024-56073 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 zero-length Netflow v9 templates, causing a divide-by-zero error.

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

What is CVE-2024-56073?

CVE-2024-56073 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. Zero-length templates for Netflow v9 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash).

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56073?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pavel-Odintsov Fastnetmon.

How do I fix CVE-2024-56073?

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-2024-56073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56073, GHSA-vwvq-gh67-jhjv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56073.