HP ArcSight ESM < 6.8c Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90266

Synopsis

A security management system installed on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the version of HP ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) installed on the remote host is prior to 6.8.0.1896 (6.8c). It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified flaw that allows an authenticated, remote attacker to disclose sensitive information.

Solution

Upgrade to HP ArcSight ESM version 6.8.0.1896 (6.8c) or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e0046955

http://www.nessus.org/u?df41be50

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Mar/126

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90266

File Name: arcsight_esm_cve_2016_1992.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/1/2016

Updated: 10/25/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1992

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:hp:arcsight_enterprise_security_manager

Required KB Items: installed_sw/HP ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1992

HP: HPSBGN03558, SSRT110019, emr_na-c05048753