SB2024081520 - Denial of service in NGINX Plus
Published: August 15, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024081520
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Expired pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39792)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.