FastNetMon Community Edition up to 1.2.7 sFlow v5 Plugin denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in FastNetMon Community Edition up to 1.2.7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component sFlow v5 Plugin. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-56072. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FastNetMon Community Edition up to 1.2.7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component sFlow v5 Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.7. The sFlow v5 plugin allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that specifies many sFlow samples.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-56072 since 12/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213393 (Debian dsa-5837 : fastnetmon - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 5164a29603fff9dd445b7660a35090989f005000 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (213393) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-52970). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 213393
Nessus Name: Debian dsa-5837 : fastnetmon - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 5164a29603fff9dd445b7660a35090989f005000

Timelineinfo

12/15/2024 🔍
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06/23/2025 +189 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 5164a29603fff9dd445b7660a35090989f005000
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-56072 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-56072
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-288493
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/15/2024 10:42
Updated: 06/23/2025 00:21
Changes: 12/15/2024 10:42 (57), 12/16/2024 18:42 (11), 12/17/2024 02:42 (1), 12/26/2024 21:54 (2), 06/23/2025 00:21 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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