CVE-2024-6509 Denial of service in AXIS OS
An attacker can cause resource exhaustion on Axis devices via the VAPIX API, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6509?
CVE-2024-6509 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in AXIS OS, published on 10 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Marinus Pfund, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found the VAPIX API alwaysmulti.cgi was vulnerable for file globbing which could lead to resource exhaustion of the Axis device. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6509?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6509?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6509 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-2024-6509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ccrr-hx7g-hmm4.