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CVE-2024-38149:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
BranchCache Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38149) is a security flaw affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows systems. The vulnerability was initially disclosed on October 8, 2024, and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating that it is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high availability impact. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability primarily affects the availability of the system through a denial of service condition in the BranchCache component. The high availability impact score (A:H) in the CVSS metrics suggests that successful exploitation could result in a significant disruption of system resources (Microsoft).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple affected versions of Windows. Updates are available for Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2), Windows 11 (versions 21H2 through 24H2), and Windows Server versions (2012 through 2022) (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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