Splunk 5.0.x < 5.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 66835
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
According to its version number, the Splunk Web hosted on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- The application is affected by an unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site. (CVE-2012-6447)
- The version of OpenSSL included with Splunk 5.x is affected by multiple vulnerabilities including a denial of service and a plaintext recovery attack.
(CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to Splunk 5.0.3 or later.See Also
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAHXG
http://docs.splunk.com/Special:SpecialLatestDoc?t=Documentation/Splunk/latest/ReleaseNotes/5.0.3
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 66835
File Name: splunk_503.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 6/6/2013
Updated: 12/5/2022
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6447
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:splunk:splunk
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Splunk
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2013