Security Advisory
CVE-2024-45163
9.1
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
The Mirai botnet through 2024-08-19 mishandles simultaneous TCP connections to the CNC (command and control) server. Unauthenticated sessions remain open, causing resource consumption. For example, an attacker can send a recognized username (such as root), or can send arbitrary data.
Published Date
August 22, 2024
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory