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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-46224
CVE-2023-46224:
Ivanti Avalanche vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2023-46224 is a critical security vulnerability affecting Ivanti Avalanche, an enterprise mobile device management (MDM) solution. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative and disclosed in December 2023. It affects all supported versions of Avalanche (versions 6.3.1 and above), with older versions also being at risk. The vulnerability was patched in Avalanche version 6.4.2 (Bleeping Computer, Release Notes).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a stack-based buffer overflow in the WLAvalancheService component. It received a Critical CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating the highest severity level. The vulnerability allows an attacker to send specially crafted data packets to the Mobile Device Server, which can cause memory corruption (NVD, Arctic Wolf).
Impact
The successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to both Denial of Service (DoS) conditions and remote code execution on affected systems. Given that Avalanche is used to manage over 100,000 mobile devices from a central location, the potential impact of this vulnerability is significant as it could provide attackers with control over the mobile device management infrastructure (Bleeping Computer).
Mitigation and workarounds
Ivanti has released security updates to address this vulnerability in Avalanche version 6.4.2. Organizations are strongly recommended to download the Avalanche installer and update to the latest version 6.4.2. This update addresses not only CVE-2023-46224 but also several other critical security vulnerabilities (Release Notes).
Additional resources
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