CVE-2021-38153

Summary

CVE	CVE-2021-38153
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2021-09-22 09:15:00 UTC
Updated	2023-11-07 03:37:00 UTC
Description	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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Apache	Kafka	All	All	All	All
Application	Apache	Kafka	2.8.0	-	All	All
Application	Oracle	Communications Brm - Elastic Charging Engine	All	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Communications Brm - Elastic Charging Engine	12.0.0.5.0	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Communications Cloud Native Core Policy	1.15.0	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure	All	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure	All	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform	8.1.1.0	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform	8.1.1.1	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform	8.1.2.0	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Behavior Detection Platform	All	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Enterprise Case Management	8.0.7.1	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Enterprise Case Management	8.0.7.2	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Enterprise Case Management	8.0.8.0	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Enterprise Case Management	8.0.8.1	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Enterprise Case Management	8.1.1.0	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Financial Services Enterprise Case Management	8.1.1.1	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Primavera Unifier	18.8	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Primavera Unifier	19.12	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Primavera Unifier	20.12	All	All	All
Application	Oracle	Primavera Unifier	21.12	All	All	All
Application	Quarkus	Quarkus	All	All	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
[kafka-dev] 20211007 Re: CVE Back Port?		lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MLIST	lists.apache.org
[kafka-users] 20211012 [VOTE] 2.6.3 RC0		lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MLIST	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MLIST	lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022	MISC	www.oracle.com
[kafka-dev] 20211012 [VOTE] 2.7.2 RC0		lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MLIST	lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022	MISC	www.oracle.com
[kafka-users] 20211012 [VOTE] 2.7.2 RC0		lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MLIST	lists.apache.org
[kafka-dev] 20211026 Re: [kafka-clients] [VOTE] 2.7.2 RC0		lists.apache.org
[kafka-dev] 20211012 [VOTE] 2.6.3 RC0		lists.apache.org
Apache Kafka	CONFIRM	kafka.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MLIST	lists.apache.org
Pony Mail!	MLIST	lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022	N/A	www.oracle.com
[kafka-users] 20211026 Re: [kafka-clients] [VOTE] 2.7.2 RC0		lists.apache.org
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Apache Kafka would like to thank J. Santilli for reporting this issue.

Legacy QID Mappings

375930 Apache Kafka Timing Attack Vulnerability
983504 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.kafka:kafka (GHSA-3j6g-hxx5-3q26)