Stack-based buffer overflow in Zabbix - CVE-2024-36468
Published: December 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101282
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36468
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the zbx_snmp_cache_handle_engineid() function when copying data from session->securityEngineID to local_record.engineid. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted session engine identifier to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Zabbix
How to mitigate CVE-2024-36468
Install updates from vendor's website.
Zabbix - update to 7.0.3 rc1