CVE-2024-8768

Sept. 20, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

7.5
High

Description

A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
UNKNOWN

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-617
Reachable Assertion
The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746

Tags

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-617
2024-09-17
CVE-2024-8768

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 17, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 20, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secalert@redhat.com

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