CVE-2021-38153 (GCVE-0-2021-38153)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-22 09:05 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
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Title
Timing Attack Vulnerability for Apache Kafka Connect and Clients
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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Kafka Affected: Apache Kafka 2.0.x , ≤ 2.0.1 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.1.x , ≤ 2.1.1 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.2.x , ≤ 2.2.2 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.3.x , ≤ 2.3.1 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.4.x , ≤ 2.4.1 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.5.x , ≤ 2.5.1 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.6.x , ≤ 2.6.2 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.7.x , ≤ 2.7.1 (custom)
Affected: Apache Kafka 2.8.x , ≤ 2.8.0 (custom)
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Apache Kafka would like to thank J. Santilli for reporting this issue.
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