5.9
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-38153

Published: 22/09/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.2
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Some components in Apache Kafka use `Arrays.equals` to validate a password or key, which is vulnerable to timing attacks that make brute force attacks for such credentials more likely to be successful. Users should upgrade to 2.8.1 or higher, or 3.0.0 or higher where this vulnerability has been fixed. The affected versions include Apache Kafka 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, and 2.8.0.

Vulnerability Trend

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apache kafka

apache kafka 2.8.0

quarkus quarkus

oracle primavera unifier 18.8

oracle primavera unifier 19.12

oracle primavera unifier 20.12

oracle primavera unifier 21.12

oracle financial services enterprise case management 8.0.8.1

oracle financial services enterprise case management 8.1.1.0

oracle financial services enterprise case management 8.1.1.1

oracle financial services behavior detection platform 8.1.2.0

oracle financial services behavior detection platform 8.1.1.1

oracle financial services behavior detection platform 8.1.1.0

oracle financial services enterprise case management 8.0.7.1

oracle financial services enterprise case management 8.0.8.0

oracle financial services behavior detection platform

oracle communications cloud native core policy 1.15.0

oracle financial services enterprise case management 8.0.7.2

oracle financial services analytical applications infrastructure

oracle communications brm - elastic charging engine 12.0.0.5.0

oracle communications brm - elastic charging engine

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Integration Camel Extensions for Quarkus 27 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Red Hat Integration Camel Extensions for Quarkus 27 is now available The purpose of this text-only errata is to inform you about the security issues fixedRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as h ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat build of Eclipse Vertx 425 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update is now available for Red Hat build of Eclipse VertxRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a d ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Integration - Service Registry release and security update [203GA] Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update to the images for Red Hat Integration Service Registry is now available from the Red Hat Container Catalog The purpose of this text-only errata is to inform you about the security issues f ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Integration Camel-K 18 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic A minor version update is now available for Red Hat Integration Camel K The purpose of this text-only errata is to inform you about the security issues fixed in this releaseRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as havi ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat build of Quarkus 225 release and security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update is now available for Red Hat build of QuarkusRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a det ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Data Grid 831 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for Red Hat Data Grid is now availableRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is ...
Synopsis Important: Red Hat Fuse 7110 release and security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic A minor version update (from 710 to 711) is now available for Red Hat Fuse The purpose of this text-only errata is to inform you about the security issues fixed in this releaseRed Hat Product Security has rated this update ...
Some components in Apache Kafka use `Arraysequals` to validate a password or key, which is vulnerable to timing attacks that make brute force attacks for such credentials more likely to be successful Users should upgrade to 281 or higher, or 300 or higher where this vulnerability has been fixed The affected versions include Apache Kafka 20 ...

Mailing Lists

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