Expired pointer dereference in NGINX Plus - CVE-2024-39792

 

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

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

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