CVE-2024-43545: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
CVE-2024-43545 is a denial of service vulnerability in the Windows Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Server component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. It involves uncontrolled resource consumption that can cause service disruption. The vulnerability has a high severity score of 7.5 and has an official patch available from Microsoft.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-43545 and classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), affects the Windows OCSP Server in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (version 6.0.6003.0). An attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service by exhausting server resources. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting a network attack vector with no privileges or user interaction required, resulting in high impact on availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to denial of service conditions on the affected Windows Server 2008 SP2 OCSP Server, disrupting certificate status validation services. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official patch is available from Microsoft to remediate this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the provided security update to affected systems running Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 version 6.0.6003.0. No additional mitigation actions are specified by the vendor.
CVE-2024-43545: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Description
CVE-2024-43545 is a denial of service vulnerability in the Windows Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Server component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. It involves uncontrolled resource consumption that can cause service disruption. The vulnerability has a high severity score of 7.5 and has an official patch available from Microsoft.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-43545 and classified under CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), affects the Windows OCSP Server in Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (version 6.0.6003.0). An attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service by exhausting server resources. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting a network attack vector with no privileges or user interaction required, resulting in high impact on availability. Microsoft has released an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to denial of service conditions on the affected Windows Server 2008 SP2 OCSP Server, disrupting certificate status validation services. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official patch is available from Microsoft to remediate this vulnerability. It is recommended to apply the provided security update to affected systems running Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 version 6.0.6003.0. No additional mitigation actions are specified by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2024-08-14T01:08:33.535Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
Threat ID: 6a28671d8dd33fbd857230e0
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 19:18:53 UTC
Last enriched: 08/20/2026, 11:24:18 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 38
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