UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52979

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-52979
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-52979
Upstream
Published
2025-05-01T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:14:30Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Elasticsearch while evaluating specifically crafted search templates with Mustache functions can lead to Denial of Service by causing the Elasticsearch node to crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / elasticsearch

Package

Name
elasticsearch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/elasticsearch@1.7.3+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.2+dfsg-1
1.7.3+dfsg-1
1.7.3+dfsg-2
1.7.3+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "elasticsearch",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3+dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libelasticsearch1.7-java",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3+dfsg-3"
        }
    ]
}