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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2023-51437

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 2/07/2024 5:15:08 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1

								
							
							
						
Apache Software Foundation AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Added CWE

								
							
							
						
Apache Software Foundation CWE-200
Added Description

								
							
							
						
Observable timing discrepancy vulnerability in Apache Pulsar SASL Authentication Provider can allow an attacker to forge a SASL Role Token that will pass signature verification.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.11.3, 3.0.2, or 3.1.1 which fixes the issue. Users should also consider updating the configured secret in the `saslJaasServerRoleTokenSignerSecretPath` file.

Any component matching an above version running the SASL Authentication Provider is affected. That includes the Pulsar Broker, Proxy, Websocket Proxy, or Function Worker.

2.11 Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 2.11.3.
3.0 Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.0.2.
3.1 Pulsar users should upgrade to at least 3.1.1.
Any users running Pulsar 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, and earlier should upgrade to one of the above patched versions.

For additional details on this attack vector, please refer to  https://codahale.com/a-lesson-in-timing-attacks/ .

Added Reference

								
							
							
						
Apache Software Foundation https://lists.apache.org/thread/5kgmvvolf5tzp5rz9xjwfg2ncwvqqgl5 [No types assigned]