Splunk Enterprise 6.x < 6.0.1 Malformed Packet DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 71784

Synopsis

The remote web server contains an application that may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its version number, the Splunk Enterprise hosted on the remote web server may be affected by a denial of service vulnerability that is triggered by malformed network input, resulting in the Splunk server becoming unavailable.

Note that this only affects Splunk Enterprise 6.0 components configured as data 'receivers' on the listening or receiving port(s), and it impacts Splunk Enterprise instances configured as indexers as well as any forwarders configured as intermediate forwarders.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Splunk Enterprise 6.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAJD5

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0.1/ReleaseNotes/6.0.1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71784

File Name: splunk_601.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Published: 1/2/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:splunk:splunk

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Splunk

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7337

BID: 64419