#VU85199 Resource exhaustion in Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) - CVE-2024-22164
Published: January 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85199
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22164
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)
Software vendor:
Splunk Inc.
Splunk Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when performing investigations in the attachment endpoint. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.