Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	72585
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2015-1427
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 11 2015 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 18 2017 03:04AM
Credit:	Cameron Morris and Cisco Systems Information Security Team
Vulnerable:	Redhat JBoss Fuse 6.2 Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.2 Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4 Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.3.7 Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.3
Not Vulnerable:	Redhat JBoss Fuse 6.3 Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.4.3 Elasticsearch Elasticsearch 1.3.8

Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability

Elasticsearch is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions; this may aid in launching further attacks.

Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Elasticsearch Homepage (Elasticsearch)
  
• Elasticsearch vulnerability CVE-2015-1427 (Seclists.org)