Information disclosure in Logstash - CVE-2018-3817

 

Information disclosure in Logstash - CVE-2018-3817

Published: April 3, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11472
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3817
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Elastic Stack
Affected software:
Logstash

Detailed vulnerability description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the application inadvertently log sensitive information when logging warnings regarding deprecated settings. A remote attacker can gain access to arbitrary data.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-3817

Update to version 5.6.6 or 6.1.2.

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