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Elasticsearch ESA-2017-06

high Nessus Plugin ID 112038

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a Java application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

X-Pack Security versions 5.0.0 to 5.4.0 contain a privilege escalation bug in the run_as functionality. This bug prevents transitioning into the specified user specified in a run_as request. If a role has been created using a template that contains the _user properties, the behavior of run_as will be incorrect. Additionally if the run_as user specified does not exist, the transition will not happen.

Solution

User currently using run_as functionality should upgrade to X-Pack Security 5.4.1

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 112038

File Name: elasticsearch_esa_2017_06.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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8438

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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: 6/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8438