Resource exhaustion in Dell Enterprise Sonic Distribution

CVE-2023-24574

Dell Enterprise SONiC OS, 3.5.3, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, contains an "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability" in authentication component. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to uncontrolled resource consumption by creating permanent home directories for unauthenticated users.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-24574: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24574?
CVE-2023-24574 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dell Enterprise Sonic Distribution, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-24574?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.