CVE-2024-6594 (GCVE-0-2024-6594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-25 11:22 – Updated: 2026-08-07 23:42
VLAI
Title
WatchGuard Firebox Single Sign-On Client Denial-of-Service
Summary
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the WatchGuard Single Sign-On Client on Windows causes the client to crash while handling malformed commands. An attacker with network access to the client could create a denial of service condition for the Single Sign-On service by repeatedly issuing malformed commands.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-25 13:44 UTC
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
WatchGuard SSO Client Affected: 12.0 , ≤ 12.7 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:sso_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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watchguard single_sign-on_client Affected: 0 , ≤ 12.7 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:watchguard:single_sign-on_client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
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Date Public
2024-09-25 11:22
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