#VU93554 Infinite loop in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2024-36990

 

#VU93554 Infinite loop in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2024-36990

Published: July 1, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93554
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-2024-36990
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Splunk Enterprise
Software vendor:
Splunk Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when handling requests within the datamodel/web REST endpoint. A remote user can send specially crafted requests to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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