Kibana ESA-2018-17

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119422

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a Java application that is vulnerable.

Description

Kibana versions 4.0 to 4.6, 5.0 to 5.6.12, and 6.0 to 6.4.2 contain an error in the way authorization credentials are used when generating PDF reports. If a report requests external resources plaintext credentials are included in the HTTP request that could be recovered by an external resource provider.

Solution

Users should upgrade to Elastic Stack version 5.6.13 or 6.4.3. Users unable to upgrade can disable the Reporting feature in Kibana by setting xpack.reporting.enabled to false in the kibana.yml file. This does not prevent previously leaked credentials from being reused.For more information about mitigating from this flaw please see our blog post.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119422

File Name: kibana_esa_2018_17.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/5/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17245

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:elasticsearch:kibana

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Kibana

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17245

Detections

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