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CVE-2024-42272
medium
CVSS 5.5
Vulnerability in c (CVE-2024-42272)
Summary
vulnerability in c (CVE-2024-42272). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-42272** has been found in c.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "c CVE-2024-42272" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-42272 (c) — CWE-908 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-908) exists in c.
📍 Affected scope
c — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'c' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'c' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `c` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2191a54f63225b548fd8346be3611c3219a24738
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5b68869dbe14f1157c6a24ac71923db060eeab
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ddefcb8f75e312535e2e7d5fef9932019ba60f2
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c03ab555eb1ba26c77fd7c25bdf44a0ac23edee
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06daf0ad645d9225a3ff6958dd82e1f3988fa64
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7cc186d0973afce0e1237c37f7512c01981fb79
- web https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- web https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42272
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfx8-vqq2-xr93