Vulnerability CVE-2018-17244


Published: 2018-12-20

Description:
Elasticsearch Security versions 6.4.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way request headers are applied to requests when using the Active Directory, LDAP, Native, or File realms. A request may receive headers intended for another request if the same username is being authenticated concurrently; when used with run as, this can result in the request running as the incorrect user. This could allow a user to access information that they should not have access to.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4/10
2.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Elastic -> Elasticsearch 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106318
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-4-3-and-5-6-13-security-update/155594
https://www.elastic.co/community/security

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