UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37937
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Summary:
Details: An issue was found with how API keys are created with the Fleet-Server service account. When an API key is created with a service account, it is possible that the API key could be created with higher privileges than intended. Using this vulnerability, a compromised Fleet-Server service account could escalate themselves to a super-user.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37937, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-7-14-1-security-update/283077, https://www.elastic.co/community/security, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37937
Affected packages
Package
Name: elasticsearch
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
1.6.2+dfsg-1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
