SB2019032704 - Information disclosure in Elastic Logstash
Published: March 27, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019032704
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7612)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Logstash logs malformed URLs. If the malformed URL is specified as part of the Logstash configuration, the application will log credentials for the URL as part of the error message. A local user can view contents of err logs and gain unauthorized access to credentials that belong to other application users.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.