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ID CVE-2018-17247
Summary Elasticsearch Security versions 6.5.0 and 6.5.1 contain an XXE flaw in Machine Learning's find_file_structure API. If a policy allowing external network access has been added to Elasticsearch's Java Security Manager then an attacker could send a specially crafted request capable of leaking content of local files on the Elasticsearch node. This could allow a user to access information that they should not have access to.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:elastic:elasticsearch:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 4.3 (as of 09-10-2019 - 23:36)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-611
CAPEC
  • XML External Entities Blowup
    This attack takes advantage of the entity replacement property of XML where the value of the replacement is a URI. A well-crafted XML document could have the entity refer to a URI that consumes a large amount of resources to create a denial of service condition. This can cause the system to either freeze, crash, or execute arbitrary code depending on the URI.
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK MEDIUM NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL NONE NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
refmap via4
bid 106294
confirm https://www.elastic.co/community/security
misc https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-stack-6-5-2-security-update/159594
Last major update 09-10-2019 - 23:36
Published 20-12-2018 - 22:29
Last modified 09-10-2019 - 23:36
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