Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.14.1 /api/log_entries/summary allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.14.1. This affects an unknown function of the file /api/log_entries/summary. Such manipulation leads to allocation of resources. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-52973. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Elastic Kibana up to 7.17.22/8.14.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file /api/log_entries/summary. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Kibana can lead to a crash caused by a specially crafted request to /api/log_entries/summary. This can be carried out by users with read access to the Observability-Logs feature in Kibana.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.elastic.co. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-52973 since 11/18/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 7.17.23 or 8.14.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kibana 7.17.23/8.14.2

Timelineinfo

11/18/2024 🔍
01/21/2025 +64 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +0 days 🔍
10/01/2025 +252 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.elastic.co
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-52973 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-52973
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-292652

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2025 13:05
Updated: 10/01/2025 00:20
Changes: 01/21/2025 13:05 (12), 01/21/2025 13:06 (18), 01/21/2025 13:08 (33), 10/01/2025 00:20 (1)
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Committer: sany
Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
1 Year ago
I dont't find this cpe into NVD NIST CPE Ditionary, I see elasticsearch:kibana. May You verify?
 VulDB Community Team1 Year ago
elasticsearch:kibana is deprecated since October 2020 and was replaced by elastic:kibana - Example: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?isCpeNameSearch=true&cpe_vendor=cpe%3A%2F%3Aelastic&cpe_product=cpe%3A%2F%3Aelastic%3Akibana

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