QID 379121

Date Published: 2024-02-27

QID 379121: Splunk Universal Forwarder Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (SVD-2022-0803)

Splunk Universal Forwarders provide reliable, secure data collection from remote sources and forward that data into Splunk software for indexing and consolidation.

CVE-2022-37439: In Splunk Universal Forwarder versions indexing a specially crafted ZIP file using the file monitoring input can result in a crash of the application.

Affected Versions:
Splunk Universal Forwarder versions before 8.1.11
Splunk Universal Forwarder versions 8.2.0 prior to 8.2.7.1

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
Windows: This QID checks for installed vulnerable version of Splunk Universal Forwarder using registry "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SplunkForwarder"

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause Denial of Service (DoS)

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Vendor has released updated versions to fix these vulnerabilities. Please refer SVD-2022-0803 for more details.

    CVEs related to QID 379121

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SVD-2022-0803 URL Logo advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2022-0803?301=/en_us/product-security/announcements/SVD-2022-0803.html

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