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Time discrepancy in authentication responses

Moderate
CEHENKLE published GHSA-c6wg-cm5x-rqvj Feb 28, 2023

Package

docker OpenSearch (Docker)

Affected versions

<1.3.9; <2.6.0

Patched versions

>=1.3.9; >=2.6.0
maven org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-security (Maven)
<1.3.9; <2.6.0
>=1.3.9; >=2.6.0

Description

Impact

There is an observable discrepancy in the authentication response time between calls where the user provided exists and calls where it does not. This issue only affects calls using the internal basic identity provider (IdP), and not other externally configured IdPs.

Patches

OpenSearch 1.3.9 and 2.6.0

Workarounds

None.

References

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please contact AWS/Amazon Security using our issue reporting page [1] or directly via email [2]. Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

[1] AWS Security issue reporting page: https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/
[2] AWS Security email: aws-security@amazon.com

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-25806

Weaknesses