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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in geonetwork core up to 4.2.9/4.4.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component Response Header Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-32037. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in geonetwork core up to 4.2.9/4.4.4. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Response Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. In versions prior to 4.2.10 and 4.4.5, the search end-point response headers contain information about Elasticsearch software in use. This information is valuable from a security point of view because it allows software used by the server to be easily identified. GeoNetwork 4.4.5 and 4.2.10 fix this issue. No known workarounds are available.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-32037 since 04/09/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.2.10 or 4.4.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• geonetwork

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• core

Version

• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.2.9
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4

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