SB2025012118 - Remote denial of service in Elastic Defend
Published: January 21, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025012118
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Uncaught Exception (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37284)
CWE-ID: CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling when parsing files or processes with multibyte character encoding. A remote attacker can trick the victim into scanning a specially crafted file and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.