Elasticsearch ESA-2017-15

medium Nessus Plugin ID 112041

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a Java application that is affected by an unauthorised modification vulnerability.

Description

An error was found in the X-Pack Security TLS trust manager for versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.1. If reloading the trust material fails the trust manager will be replaced with an instance that trusts all certificates. This could allow any node using any certificate to join a cluster. The proper behavior in this instance is for the TLS trust manager to deny all certificates.

Solution

X-Pack Security users should upgrade to version 5.5.2. Please note this attack cannot be triggered remotely. The most likely scenario would be local system corruption. Even though crossing a trust boundary cannot be forced by an attacker, we consider a security feature failing in this manner to be a flaw.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112041

File Name: elasticsearch_esa_2017_15.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/22/2018

Updated: 11/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8445

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:elastic:x-pack

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Elasticsearch

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8445

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