CVE-2018-17247

Summary

CVECVE-2018-17247
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-20 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:36:00 UTC
DescriptionElasticsearch 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elastic Elasticsearch 6.5.0 All All All
Application Elastic Elasticsearch 6.5.1 All All All
Application Elastic Elasticsearch 6.5.0 All All All
Application Elastic Elasticsearch 6.5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Elasticsearch CVE-2018-17247 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Elastic Stack 6.5.2 security update - Security Announcements - Discuss the Elastic Stack MISC discuss.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
www.elastic.co/community/security CONFIRM www.elastic.co Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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