CVE-2024-37280
Elasticsearch Passthrough Field Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature.
INFO
Published Date :
June 13, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2024, 7:37 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-37280.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 | Vendor Advisory |
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 No Types Assigned https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.13.1 up to (excluding) 8.14.0 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a Denial of Service. Note that passthrough fields is an experimental feature. Added Reference Elastic https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-14-0-security-update-esa-2024-14/361007 [No types assigned] Added CWE Elastic CWE-122 Added CVSS V3.1 Elastic AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-37280 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-37280
weaknesses.