CVE-2024-50306
Publication date 14 November 2024
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Unchecked return value can allow Apache Traffic Server to retain privileges on startup. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 9.2.0 through 9.2.5, from 10.0.0 through 10.0.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.6 or 10.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| trafficserver | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
9.1 · Critical
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50306
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/13/1
- https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/11855
- https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/commit/27f504883547502b1f5e4e389edd7f26e3ab246f (9.2.6-rc0)
- https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/commit/ae638096e259121d92d46a9f57026a5ff5bc328b (master)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/y15fh6c7kyqvzm0f9odw7c5jh4r4np0y