SB2019061119 - Denial of service in Apache Kafka
Published: June 11, 2019 Updated: September 19, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019061119
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker with permission to create topics can unexpectedly terminate a cluster of Kafka server processes with the specially crafted topic names.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.