CVE-2024-8451 PLANET Technology switch devices - SSH server DoS attack
Remote attackers can exhaust SSH connection slots on PLANET switches, preventing legitimate users from accessing the service.
- 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-2024-8451?
CVE-2024-8451 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0, published on 30 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certain switch models from PLANET Technology have an SSH service that improperly handles insufficiently authenticated connection requests, allowing unauthorized remote attackers to exploit this weakness to occupy connection slots and prevent legitimate users from accessing the SSH service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8451?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Planet Gs-4210-24p2s Firmware, Planet Gs-4210-24pl4c Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8451?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8451 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-2024-8451 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8451 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in PLANET Technology GS-4210-24P2S hardware 3.0
- CVE-2024-8456 PLANET Technology switch devices - Missing Authentication for multiple HTTP routes
- CVE-2024-8448 PLANET Technology switch devices - Remote privilege escalation using hard-coded credentials
- CVE-2024-8458 PLANET Technology switch devices - Cross-site Request Forgery
- CVE-2024-8450 PLANET Technology switch devices - Hard-coded SNMPv1 read-write community string
- CVE-2024-8455 PLANET Technology switch devices - Swctrl service exchanges weakly encoded passwords
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3xc3-g6fp-66xr.