SB2020042125 - Denial of service in confluent-kafka
Published: April 21, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020042125
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: N/A)
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.