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Splunk 4.0.x < 4.0.11 / 4.1.x < 4.1.2 Directory Traversal

high Nessus Plugin ID 47621

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains an application that is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

The Splunk Web hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.11 or 4.1.x prior to 4.1.2. It is, therefore, affected by a directory traversal vulnerability due to a failure to properly validate user-specified file names before returning the contents of the file. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this, by supplying directory traversal strings such as '..%2F' in a specially crafted 'GET' request, to read arbitrary files from the remote system.

The installed version is also reportedly affected by several other vulnerabilities, including a cross-site scripting vulnerability.
However, Nessus did not check for these additional vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to Splunk 4.0.11 / 4.1.2 or later. Alternatively, apply the vendor's patch for issue SPL-31194.

See Also

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

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47621

File Name: splunk_directory_traversal.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/7/2010

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:splunk:splunk

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Splunk

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2502

BID: 41269