UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31418

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-31418
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31418.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31418
Related
Published
2023-10-26T18:15:00Z
Modified
2024-10-15T14:11:29Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / elasticsearch

Package

Name
elasticsearch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elasticsearch?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+dfsg-1
1.7.3+dfsg-1
1.7.3+dfsg-2
1.7.3+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}