Multiple vulnerabilities in Elasticsearch
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2024-52981 CVE-2024-52980 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-674 CWE-400 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
Elasticsearch Web applications / Other software |
| Vendor | Elastic Stack |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Uncontrolled Recursion
EUVDB-ID: #VU107230
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52981
CWE-ID:
CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when using the Well-KnownText formatted string with nested GeometryCollection objects. A remote user can perform a denial of service attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsElasticsearch: 7.17.0 - 8.15.0
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-24-and-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-37/376924
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Resource exhaustion
EUVDB-ID: #VU107229
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52980
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can use the innerForbidCircularReferences function of the PatternBank class to cause the Elasticsearch node to crash.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsElasticsearch: 7.17.0 - 8.15.0
CPE2.3- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:elastic_stack:elasticsearch:7.17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-15-1-security-update-esa-2024-34/376919
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
