#VU91270 Uncaught exception in Elasticsearch - CVE-2024-37280
Published: June 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91270
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37280
CWE-ID: CWE-248
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Software vendor:
Elastic Stack
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 affecting document ingestion when an index template contains a dynamic field mapping of “passthrough” type. Under certain circumstances, ingesting documents in this index would cause a StackOverflow exception to be thrown and ultimately lead to a denial of service.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.