CVE-2021-38153 (GCVE-0-2021-38153)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-22 09:05
Modified
2024-08-04 01:37
Severity ?
CWE
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Kafka Version: Apache Kafka 2.0.x   <
Version: Apache Kafka 2.1.x   <
Version: Apache Kafka 2.2.x   <
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Version: Apache Kafka 2.6.x   <
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