Rapid7 InsightVM 6.6.178/6.6.179/6.6.244 REST Request resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rapid7 InsightVM. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component REST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-6504. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Rapid7 InsightVM. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component REST Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Rapid7 InsightVM Console versions below 6.6.260 suffer from a protection mechanism failure whereby an attacker with network access to the InsightVM Console can cause it to overload or crash by sending repeated invalid REST requests in a short timeframe, to the Console's port 443 causing the console to enter an exception handling logging loop, exhausting the CPU. There is no indication that an attacker can use this method to escalate privilege, acquire unauthorized access to data, or gain control of protected resources. This issue is fixed in version 6.6.261.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.rapid7.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-6504 since 07/04/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.6.261 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Rapid7

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• InsightVM

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• 6.6.178
• 6.6.179
• 6.6.244

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• commercial

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