Expired pointer dereference in NGINX Plus - CVE-2024-39792
Published: August 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96037
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39792
CWE-ID: CWE-825
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
NGINX Plus
NGINX Plus
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-39792
Install updates from vendor's website.