Elasticsearch CVE-2015-3337 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:74353

Info

Elasticsearch CVE-2015-3337 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 74353
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2015-3337
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 27 2015 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 15 2015 12:09AM
Credit: John Heasman of DocuSign
Vulnerable: Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Elasticsearch CVE-2015-3337 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Elasticsearch is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability.

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using directory-traversal characters ('../') to access arbitrary files that contain sensitive information and perform other attacks.

Versions prior to Elasticsearch 1.5.2 and 1.4.5 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Elasticsearch CVE-2015-3337 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Elasticsearch CVE-2015-3337 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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

References

Elasticsearch CVE-2015-3337 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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