#VU80024 Resource exhaustion in SNAP PAC S1 - CVE-2023-40709 

 

#VU80024 Resource exhaustion in SNAP PAC S1 - CVE-2023-40709

Published: August 28, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80024
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40709
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SNAP PAC S1
Software vendor:
Opto22

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ICMP request, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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