SB2015050102 - Path traversal in Elasticsearch

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3337)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2, when a site plugin is enabled,. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131646/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3241
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535385
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74353
• https://www.elastic.co/community/security
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37054/