Bug 2272190 (CVE-2024-23449)

Summary: CVE-2024-23449 elasticsearch: uncaught exception leads to crash
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Mauro Matteo Cascella <mcascell>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: bdettelb, caswilli, dkuc, eglynn, fjansen, jcantril, jjoyce, jschluet, kaycoth, lhh, lsvaty, mburns, mgarciac, mmagr, pgrist
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A flaw was found in the Elasticsearch package. An uncaught exception occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.
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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-03-29 13:59:09 UTC
An uncaught exception in Elasticsearch >= 8.4.0 and < 8.11.1 occurs when an encrypted PDF is passed to an attachment processor through the REST API. The Elasticsearch ingest node that attempts to parse the PDF file will crash. This does not happen with password-protected PDF files or with unencrypted PDF files.

Upstream advisory:
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-11-1-security-update-esa-2024-05/356458