What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-38809?

CVE-2024-38809 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.9%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-38809?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2024-38809. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

CVE-2024-38809

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2024-09-27 security@vmware.com

Denial Of Service

5.3

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: vmware

Severity by source

Vendor (vmware) PRIMARY

5.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Primary rating from Vendor (vmware) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: vmware

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 27, 2024 - 17:15 cve.org

MEDIUM 5.3

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

108 maven packages depend on org.springframework:spring-web (42 direct, 66 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 6.0.0.

DescriptionCVE.org

Applications that parse ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers are vulnerable to DoS attack.

Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version.

Users of older, unsupported versions could enforce a size limit on "If-Match" and "If-None-Match" headers, e.g. through a Filter.

AnalysisAI

Applications that parse ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers are vulnerable to DoS attack. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Applications that parse ETags from "If-Match" or "If-None-Match" request headers are vulnerable to DoS attack. Users of affected versions should upgrade to the corresponding fixed version. Users of older, unsupported versions could enforce a size limit on "If-Match" and "If-None-Match" headers, e.g. through a Filter.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.