SolarWinds Patches High-Severity Vulnerability Reported by NATO Pentester

SolarWinds Patches High-Severity Vulnerability Reported by NATO Pentester

June 7, 2024 at 07:00AM

SolarWinds released patches for high-severity vulnerabilities in Serv-U and the SolarWinds Platform, including a bug reported by a NATO pentester. Version 2024.2 includes fixes for three security defects and multiple bugs in third-party components. The vulnerabilities impact SolarWinds Platform 2024.1 SR 1 and previous versions. Users are urged to update to version 2024.2 promptly.

Based on the meeting notes, here are the key takeaways:

– SolarWinds has announced patches for multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Serv-U and the SolarWinds Platform. These patches include fixes for security defects impacting the platform and the web console, as well as other medium and high-severity issues in third-party components like Angular and OpenSSL.
– The vulnerabilities impact previous versions of the SolarWinds Platform, and users are advised to update to version 2024.2 as soon as possible.
– There is a specific vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28995, in Serv-U that has been patched with Serv-U 15.4.2 hotfix 2. This high-severity directory traversal vulnerability could allow attackers to read sensitive files on the host machine.
– SolarWinds assures that there is no evidence of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, but it is advised that users and administrators apply the available patches promptly.

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