Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU100472

NULL pointer dereference in Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) and Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - CVE-2024-8495

Published: November 14, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU100472

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8495

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure)
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-8495

Install updates from vendor's website.

Ivanti Policy Secure (formerly Pulse Policy Secure) - update to 22.7R1.2
Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure) - update to 22.7R2.3

External References

https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-ICS-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-IPS-Ivanti-Secure-Access-Client-ISAC-Multiple-CVEs

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