Uncaught exception in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-23449

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Uncaught exception in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-23449

Published: June 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU91266
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23449
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Elasticsearch
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an uncaught exception when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. A remote user can supply a specially crafted PDF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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