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High · 7.0 CVE-2023-47118 EUVD-2023-51261

Heap buffer overflow in T64 codec decompression

Published Dec 20, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ClickHouse® is an open-source column-oriented database management system that allows generating analytical data reports in real-time. A heap buffer overflow issue was discovered in ClickHouse server. An attacker could send a specially crafted payload to the native interface exposed by default on port 9000/tcp, triggering a bug in the decompression logic of T64 codec that crashes the ClickHouse server process. This attack does not require authentication. Note that this exploit can also be triggered via HTTP protocol, however, the attacker will need a valid credential as the HTTP authentication take places first. This issue has been fixed in version 23.10.2.13-stable, 23.9.4.11-stable, 23.8.6.16-lts and 23.3.16.7-lts.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ClickHouse ClickHouse < 23.3.16.7-lts —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS clickhouse No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS clickhouse No fix yet —

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