Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value Affecting org.apache.kafka:generator package, versions [2.8.0,2.8.2) [3.0.0,3.0.2) [3.1.0,3.1.2) [3.2.0,3.2.3)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (48th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEKAFKA-3030062
  • published 20 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 20 Sep 2022
  • credit Mickael Maison, Tom Bentley and Daniel Collins

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.kafka:generator to version 2.8.2, 3.0.2, 3.1.2, 3.2.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value which allows a malicious unauthenticated client to allocate large amounts of memory on brokers.

Note:

  1. This vulnerability was actually fixed in 3.2.2, but due to an unrelated major bug in this release, we recommend users upgrade to 3.2.3.