CVE-2024-57673 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can cause a denial of service in the Floodlight SDN controller via its Topology Manager and Linkdiscovery modules.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-57673?
CVE-2024-57673 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue in floodlight v1.2 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the Topology Manager module and Linkdiscovery module
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57673?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Projectfloodlight Floodlight.
How do I fix CVE-2024-57673?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-57673 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-2024-57673 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-57673 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vr65-q598-5mmm.