Splunk Enterprise 8.1.x < 8.1.7 Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163933

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Splunk Enterprise REST API allows enumeration of usernames via the lockout error message. The potential vulnerability impacts Splunk Enterprise instances before 8.1.7 when configured to return verbose login errors.

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 8.1.7, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163933

File Name: splunk_817.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/9/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2021-33845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:splunk:splunk

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Splunk

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33845

IAVA: 2022-A-0219-S

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