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Splunk Enterprise 8.1.x < 8.1.5, 8.2.x < 8.2.1 Authentication Bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 163434

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Synopsis

An application running on a remote web server host may be affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

A crafted request bypasses S2S TCP Token authentication writing arbitrary events to an index in Splunk Enterprise Indexer 8.1 versions before 8.1.5 and 8.2 versions before 8.2.1. The vulnerability impacts Indexers configured to use TCPTokens. It does not impact Universal Forwarders.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.5, 8.2.1, or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9136360

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163434

File Name: splunk_821.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/25/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31559

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:splunk:splunk

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Splunk

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31559

IAVA: 2022-A-0251-S