Timing Attack Affecting org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients package, versions [2.8.0,2.8.1) [,2.7.2)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Scope Changed
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.17% (54th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEKAFKA-1540737
  • published 21 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 13 Aug 2021
  • credit Jonathan Santilli of Snyk Security Team

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients to version 2.8.1, 2.7.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients is a streaming platform that can publish and subscribe to streams of records, store streams of records in a fault-tolerant durable way, and process streams of records as they occur.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack. Some components in Apache Kafka use Arrays.equals to validate a password or key, which is vulnerable to brute force attacks by malicious users.