Detections
Analytics

Elasticsearch 8.0.x < 8.13.3 / 7.17.21 (ESA-2024-25)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214589

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of Elasticsearch installed on the remote host is prior to 7.17.21 or 8.13.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ESA-2024-25 advisory.

 - An allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Elasticsearch can lead to an OutOfMemoryError exception resulting in a crash via a specially crafted query using an SQL function. (CVE-2024-43709)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Elasticsearch version 7.17.21 / 8.13.3 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c41645fa

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214589

File Name: elasticsearch_ESA-2024-25.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/24/2025

Updated: 1/24/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-43709

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:elastic:elasticsearch, cpe:/a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Elasticsearch

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43709

IAVA: 2025-A-0057