SonicWall Security Updates – 08 January 2025

SonicWall has released security updates to fix multiple vulnerabilities affecting SonicOS and SonicWALL SSL-VPN.

The addressed vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to perform denial of service attacks, obtain sensitive information, gain elevated privileges, conduct server-side request forgery attacks, or execute arbitrary code and gain access to the affected systems.

Sample of the addressed vulnerabilities:

1. SonicOS SSLVPN Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2024-53704):

  • CVSS: 8.2
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Bypass Security

2. SonicOS SSH Management Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability (CVE-2024-53705):

  • CVSS: 6.5
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Consequences: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2024-40762
  • CVE-2024-53704
  • CVE-2024-53705
  • CVE-2024-53706
  • CVE-2024-12802
  • CVE-2024-12803
  • CVE-2024-12805
  • CVE-2024-12806
Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

SonicWall Security Advisory

References