Remote denial of service in Elastic Defend



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-37284
CWE-ID CWE-248
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Elastic Defend
Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls

Vendor Elastic Stack

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Uncaught Exception

EUVDB-ID: #VU103110

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37284

CWE-ID: CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Elastic Defend: 8.0.0 - 8.13.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-defend-8-13-3-security-update-esa-2024-24/373441


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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