CVE-2024-38879
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability has been identified in Omnivise T3000 Application Server R9.2 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 R8.2 SP3 (All versions), Omnivise T3000 R8.2 SP4 (All versions). The affected system exposes the port of an internal application on the public network interface allowing an attacker to circumvent authentication and directly access the exposed application.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe vulnerability stems from an internal application port being exposed on the public network interface of Omnivise T3000 Application Servers (R9.2, R8.2 SP3, R8.2 SP4). This misconfiguration allows unauthenticated remote attackers to directly access the internal application by connecting to the exposed port, effectively bypassing all authentication mechanisms.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.2= 9.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Omnivise T3000 Application Server versionCheck the installed version of the Siemens Omnivise T3000 Application Server using system inventory tools, product-specific version commands, or installed software listings. Compare against the affected versions 8.2 and 9.2.Affected if The installed version is 8.2 or 9.2.
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Identify listening ports for the applicationUse netstat, ss, or equivalent network utility to list all ports the Omnivise T3000 service is listening on. Look for ports associated with the application process.Affected if The application is listening on any port accessible from network interfaces.
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Check port binding configurationExamine how each identified port is bound using commands like 'netstat -anp' or 'ss -tlnp' to determine if the service binds to 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces) instead of 127.0.0.1 or internal-only addresses.Affected if Ports are bound to 0.0.0.0 or all available network interfaces rather than localhost/internal interfaces.
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Verify external accessibility of the exposed portFrom an external host or non-internal network segment, attempt to connect to the identified application port using telnet, nc, or curl. Confirm whether the internal application is reachable from outside the trusted network.Affected if The internal application port is reachable from untrusted networks or the public interface.
A user is affected if they run Omnivise T3000 version 8.2 or 9.2 and have an internal application port bound to and accessible from public or external network interfaces.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict network access to the affected internal application port by configuring the service to bind only to internal interfaces (localhost/internal network) or implement firewall rules to block external access to the exposed port.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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