Executive Risk Summary
"A heap overflow vulnerability in the IPSec component of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure allows an unauthenticated malicious user to send specially crafted requests, potentially causing a DoS attack or reading contents from memory. This vulnerability can be exploited to disrupt the service or gain unauthorized access to sensitive information."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Software Component
Target Asset IPSec component
Standard Path Global Firmware
Manual Verification Required
This is a non-Windows asset (Ivanti). Use the target asset details and official path provided above to verify your current version against the official vendor advisories listed below.
Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
High
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2024-22053: Heap Overflow Vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure IPSec component, potentially allowing DoS attacks or unauthorized memory access. Apply vendor patches to mitigate risk.
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Intelligence Sources
Official Advisoryhttps://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/New-CVE-2024-21894-Heap-Overflow-CVE-2024-22052-Null-Pointer-Dereference-CVE-2024-22053-Heap-Overflow-and-CVE-2024-22023-XML-entity-expansion-or-XXE-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-Gateways?language=en_US
Official Advisoryhttps://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/New-CVE-2024-21894-Heap-Overflow-CVE-2024-22052-Null-Pointer-Dereference-CVE-2024-22053-Heap-Overflow-and-CVE-2024-22023-XML-entity-expansion-or-XXE-for-Ivanti-Connect-Secure-and-Ivanti-Policy-Secure-Gateways?language=en_US
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Data compiled from NVD, MSRC, and CISA KEV Catalog. Intelligence synthesized via AI. Scripts provided for diagnostic purposes under MIT License.