Resource exhaustion in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-40594
Published: September 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80330
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40594
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Splunk Inc.
Affected software:
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can use the ‘printf’ SPL function to perform a denial of service (DoS).
How to mitigate CVE-2023-40594
Install updates from vendor's website.