Uncaught exception in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-23449
Published: June 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91266
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: Elastic Stack
Affected software:
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23449
Install updates from vendor's website.