CVE-2024-23449 - OpenCVE

An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-11-1-security-update-esa-2024-05/356458
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23449
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23449

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: elastic

Published: 2024-03-29T11:12:49.067Z

Updated: 2024-08-12T13:14:56.771Z

Reserved: 2024-01-16T21:31:26.030Z

Link: CVE-2024-23449

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:06:24.587Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-29T12:15:08.177

Modified: 2024-03-29T12:45:02.937

Link: CVE-2024-23449

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-23449 - Bugzilla

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