Out-of-bounds read in Zabbix - CVE-2024-42333

 

Out-of-bounds read in Zabbix - CVE-2024-42333

Published: December 1, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101063
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42333
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote usre to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in src/libs/zbxmedia/email.c. A remote user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

Zabbix
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
Fedora
zabbix-agent-debuginfo
zabbix-agent
zabbix-debugsource
zabbix6.0
zabbix

How to mitigate CVE-2024-42333

Install updates from vendor's website.

Zabbix - addressed in versions 6.0.34 rc1, 6.4.19 rc1, 7.0.4 rc1
zabbix-agent-debuginfo - update to 4.0.12-4.32.1
zabbix-agent - update to 4.0.12-4.32.1
zabbix-debugsource - update to 4.0.12-4.32.1
zabbix6.0 - update to 6.0.36-1.el8
zabbix - addressed in versions 6.0.36-1.el9, 6.0.36-1.fc40

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