UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12539

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-12539
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12539.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12539
Upstream
Published
2024-12-17T21:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:58:58Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 6.0 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered where improper authorization controls affected certain queries that could allow a malicious actor to circumvent Document Level Security in Elasticsearch and get access to documents that their roles would normally not allow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / elasticsearch

Package

Name
elasticsearch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elasticsearch@1.7.3+dfsg-3?arch=source&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 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.3+dfsg-3",
            "binary_name": "elasticsearch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.3+dfsg-3",
            "binary_name": "libelasticsearch1.7-java"
        }
    ]
}