CVE-2024-42500

Summary

CVE-2024-42500 is a denial of service vulnerability identified in HPE HP-UX System's Network File System (NFSv4) services. This critical vulnerability has an exploitability score of 3.9 and a base score of 9.3, indicating a high potential impact on availability with low complexity for exploitation, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Organizations using affected products may face significant disruption to their services if the vulnerability is exploited, as it can lead to service outages. To remediate this issue, administrators should apply the security updates provided by HPE as outlined in the relevant support documentation. The vulnerability poses a risk due to its potential to impact network availability significantly while not affecting data confidentiality or integrity.

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