CVE-2021-41186
What it is
Fluentd collects events from various data sources and writes them to files to help unify logging infrastructure. The parser_apache2 plugin in Fluentd v0.14.14 to v1.14.1 suffers from a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability. A broken apache log with a certain pattern of string can spend too much time in a regular expression, resulting in the potential for a DoS attack. This issue is patched in version 1.14.2 There are two workarounds available. Either don't use parser_apache2 for parsing logs (which cannot guarantee generated by Apache), or put patched version of parser_apache2.rb into /etc/fluent/plugin directory (or any other directories specified by the environment variable `FLUENT_PLUGIN` or `--plugin` option of fluentd).
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 2.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 2.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Fluentd ≤ 1.14.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/security/advisories/GHSA-hwhf-64mh-r662
- https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/security/advisories/GHSA-hwhf-64mh-r662
References
- https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1142
- https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/security/advisories/GHSA-hwhf-64mh-r662
- https://github.com/github/securitylab-vulnerabilities/blob/52dc4a2a828c6dc24231967c2937ad92038184a9/vendor_reports/GHSL-2021-102-fluent-fluentd.md
- https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v1142
- https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/security/advisories/GHSA-hwhf-64mh-r662
- https://github.com/github/securitylab-vulnerabilities/blob/52dc4a2a828c6dc24231967c2937ad92038184a9/vendor_reports/GHSL-2021-102-fluent-fluentd.md