CVE-2021-38153 (Medium) detected in kafka-clients-2.2.0.jar

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CVE-2021-38153 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - kafka-clients-2.2.0.jar

Library home page: http://kafka.apache.org

Path to dependency file: /test-harness/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients/2.2.0/f887978d8863dc33da32a07ee4877183590ed367/kafka-clients-2.2.0.jar,/canner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients/2.2.0/f887978d8863dc33da32a07ee4877183590ed367/kafka-clients-2.2.0.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ kafka-clients-2.2.0.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2021-09-22

URL: CVE-2021-38153

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.9)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38153

Release Date: 2021-09-22

Fix Resolution: 2.6.3

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