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Elasticsearch ESA-2017-03

medium Nessus Plugin ID 112037

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Synopsis

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

Description

When merging multiple rules with field level security rules for the same index, X-Pack Security 5.2.x would allow access to more fields than the user should have seen if the field level security rules used a mix of grant and exclude rules.

Solution

Update X-Pack Security to version 5.3.0.

See Also

https://www.elastic.co/community/security

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112037

File Name: elasticsearch_esa_2017_03.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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8449

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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:elastic:x-pack

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Elasticsearch

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8449