Unauthenticated DoS via Soft AP PAPI Exploit
CVE-2024-42398 Published on August 6, 2024
Unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) Vulnerabilities in the Soft AP Daemon Service Accessed by the PAPI Protocol
Multiple unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerabilities exist in the Soft AP daemon accessed via the PAPI protocol. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities results in the ability to interrupt the normal operation of the affected Access Point.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-42398 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software 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.
CVE-2024-42398 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-42398
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Affected Versions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE Aruba Networking InstantOS and Aruba Access Points running ArubaOS 10:- Version Version 8.12.0.0: 8.12.0.1 and below, <= <=8.12.0.1 is affected.
- Version Version 8.10.0.0: 8.10.0.12 and below, <= <=8.10.0.12 is affected.
- Version Version 10.6.0.0: 10.6.0.0 and below, <= <=10.6.0.0 is affected.
- Version Version 10.4.0.0: 10.4.1.3 and below, <= <=10.4.1.3 is affected.
- Version 10.6.0.0 and below 10.6.0.1 is affected.
- Version 10.4.0.0 and below 10.4.1.2 is affected.
- Version 8.12.0.0 and below 8.12.0.2 is affected.
- Version 8.10.0.0 and below 8.10.0.13 is affected.
- Version 10.5.0.0 and below 10.6.0.0 is affected.
- Version 10.3.0.0 and below 10.4.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.11.0.0 and below 8.12.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.7.0.0 and below 8.10.0.0 is affected.
- Version 8.4.0.0 and below 8.6.0.0 is affected.
- Version 6.4.0.0 and below 6.6.0.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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