Zabbix up to 6.0.30/6.4.15/7.0.0 JavaScript Engine untrusted pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Zabbix up to 6.0.30/6.4.15/7.0.0. This affects an unknown function of the component JavaScript Engine. The manipulation leads to untrusted pointer dereference. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-36461. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Zabbix up to 6.0.30/6.4.15/7.0.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component JavaScript Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-822. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Within Zabbix, users have the ability to directly modify memory pointers in the JavaScript engine.

The advisory is shared at support.zabbix.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-36461 since 05/28/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/10/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208100 (Debian dla-3909 : zabbix-agent - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208100). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Network Management Software

Name

• Zabbix

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.0.16
• 6.0.17
• 6.0.18
• 6.0.19
• 6.0.20
• 6.0.21
• 6.0.22
• 6.0.23
• 6.0.24
• 6.0.25
• 6.0.26
• 6.0.27
• 6.0.28
• 6.0.29
• 6.0.30
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 6.4.2
• 6.4.3
• 6.4.4
• 6.4.5
• 6.4.6
• 6.4.7
• 6.4.8
• 6.4.9
• 6.4.10
• 6.4.11
• 6.4.12
• 6.4.13
• 6.4.14
• 6.4.15
• 7.0

License

• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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