SB2024112084 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Opencast

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SB2024112084 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Opencast

Published: November 20, 2024 Updated: April 23, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2024112084
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52797)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Opencast's Elasticsearch integration when processing search queries. A remote user can send a search query that generates a syntactically invalid Elasticsearch query to cause a denial of service.

The issue can trigger repeated immediate retries in an infinite loop, causing excessive log growth that may exhaust disk space. By default, the affected endpoints require ROLE_ADMIN or ROLE_API_SERIES_VIEW.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References