CVE-2024-5052
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 · uneditedDenial of Service (DoS) vulnerability for Cerberus Enterprise 8.0.10.3 web administration. The vulnerability exists when the web server, default port 10001, attempts to process a large number of incomplete HTTP requests.
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 · moderate confidenceA denial of service vulnerability in Cerberus Enterprise 8.0.10.3 web administration interface allows remote attackers to cause resource exhaustion by sending a large volume of incomplete HTTP requests to the web server on port 10001. The server fails to properly handle or limit these incomplete connections, leading to service unavailability.
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CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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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Confirm Cerberus Enterprise is installedLocate the Cerberus Enterprise installation directory or check running services for Cerberus processes. Common paths include C:\Program Files\Cerberus or /opt/cerberus on Linux systems.Affected if Cerberus Enterprise software is not present on the system.
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Check installed version numberView the version information in the Cerberus Enterprise installation, typically found in an About dialog, a version file, or the product registry entries. Compare against the affected version 8.0.10.3.Affected if The installed version is 8.0.10.3.
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Verify web administration interface on port 10001 is enabledCheck if the web service is listening on port 10001 by running 'netstat -an | findstr 10001' on Windows or 'netstat -an | grep 10001' on Linux. Also check firewall rules to see if port 10001 is open externally.Affected if Port 10001 is listening and accessible from network.
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Inspect current connection handling configurationReview Cerberus Enterprise web server configuration files for connection timeout, max connections, or request limit settings. Check the server.xml or equivalent configuration for any connection limiting directives.Affected if Connection timeouts are set to very high values or no connection limits are configured.
A system is affected if Cerberus Enterprise version 8.0.10.3 is installed with the web administration interface on port 10001 exposed and no connection limiting configured.
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 dataImplement connection rate limiting and request timeout configurations on the web server or upstream firewall to drop incomplete HTTP connections, and apply any available vendor patches for Cerberus Enterprise 8.0.10.3.
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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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