SB2023091904 - Denial of service in Elasticsearch
Published: September 19, 2023 Updated: October 25, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023091904
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) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-31419)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the _search API. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a stack buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.