8.2
HIGH
CVE-2024-36129
Apache OpenTelemetry Collector Decompression Crash Vulnerability
Description

The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data. An unsafe decompression vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the collector via excessive memory consumption. OTel Collector version 0.102.1 fixes this issue. It is also fixed in the confighttp module version 0.102.0 and configgrpc module version 0.102.1.

INFO

Published Date :

June 5, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 18, 2024, 5:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-36129 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opentelemetry configgrpc
2 Opentelemetry confighttp
3 Opentelemetry opentelemetry_collector
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-36129.

URL Resource
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289 Patch
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323 Patch
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-36129 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289 No Types Assigned https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323 No Types Assigned https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v No Types Assigned https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129 No Types Assigned https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:configgrpc:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.102.1 *cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:confighttp:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.102.0 *cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry_collector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.102.1
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data. An unsafe decompression vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the collector via excessive memory consumption. OTel Collector version 0.102.1 fixes this issue. It is also fixed in the confighttp module version 0.102.0 and configgrpc module version 0.102.1.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-119
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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