SB2021032501 - MitM attack in Elastic Logstash



SB2021032501 - MitM attack in Elastic Logstash

Published: March 25, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021032501
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22138)

CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper TLS certificate validation in the monitoring feature of Logstash. When specifying a trusted server CA certificate Logstash does not properly verify the certificate returned by the monitoring server. A remote attacker can preform a Man-in-the-Middle attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.