Use-after-free in openNDS - CVE-2024-25763
Published: June 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91566
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-2024-25763
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free error in /openNDS/src/auth.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request to the server, trigger a use-after-free error and preform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
openNDS
Ubuntu
opennds-daemon (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
opennds-daemon (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2024-25763
Install updates from vendor's website.
openNDS - update to 10.3.0
opennds-daemon (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 10.2.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.24.10.1
opennds-daemon (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 10.2.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.24.10.1