OpenTelemetry Collector HTTP/gRPC denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in OpenTelemetry Collector. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP/gRPC. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-36129. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenTelemetry Collector (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component HTTP/gRPC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data. An unsafe decompression vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the collector via excessive memory consumption. OTel Collector version 0.102.1 fixes this issue. It is also fixed in the confighttp module version 0.102.0 and configgrpc module version 0.102.1.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-36129 since 05/20/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/18/2024 +13 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-36129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-36129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-267201

Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2024 19:30
Updated: 06/18/2024 20:22
Changes: 06/05/2024 19:30 (51), 06/06/2024 05:59 (12), 06/06/2024 13:43 (1), 06/18/2024 20:22 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
2 years ago
Good moring,
Do you think that Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector is affected by this issue too?
Best Regards,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
It looks like the code basis is very similar. However, there is no official statement yet.

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