Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | N/A |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
confluent-kafka Client/Desktop applications / Other client software |
Vendor | Confluent Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU27051
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the SASL SCRAM protocol handler in "sasl.username" and "sasl.password". A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service on the target system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsconfluent-kafka: 1.0.0 - 1.3.0
External linkshttp://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFLUENTKAFKA-565716
http://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/commit/8f7a4c858afc8ff24672426473448c3e0c56cfc3
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.