Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU101838

Improper access control in dante - CVE-2024-54662

Published: December 18, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU101838

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-54662

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in certain sockd.conf configurations involving socksmethod. A remote attacker can potentially bypass implemented ACL.

Affected software

dante
Fedora
dante

How to mitigate CVE-2024-54662

Install update from vendor's website.

dante - update to 1.4.4
dante - update to 1.4.4-1.fc42

External References

https://www.inet.no/dante/advisory-2024-12-16.txt

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