CVE-2023-31419 (GCVE-0-2023-31419)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-26 17:06
Modified
2025-02-13 16:50
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.
References
bressers@elastic.cohttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297Vendor Advisory
bressers@elastic.cohttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0010/Third Party Advisory
bressers@elastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0010/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/community/securityVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Elastic Elasticsearch Version: 7.0.0   ≤
Version: 8.0.0   ≤
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