Expired pointer dereference in NGINX Plus - CVE-2024-39792
Published: August 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96037
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-2024-39792
CWE-ID: CWE-825
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 usage of an expired pointer dereference within the ngx_stream_mqtt_filter_module module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP requests to the web server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
NGINX Plus
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM API Connect
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM API Connect
How to mitigate CVE-2024-39792
Install updates from vendor's website.
NGINX Plus - addressed in versions R31 P3, R32 P1
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.8.7, 5.0.3, 5.1.0
IBM API Connect - update to 10.0.9.0
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.8.7, 5.0.3, 5.1.0
IBM API Connect - update to 10.0.9.0