QID 379345

QID 379345: Splunk Enterprise Third Party Package Updates for January 2024 (SVD-2024-0109)

Splunk software helps capture, index and correlate real-time data in a searchable repository, from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations.
Third Party Package updates in Splunk Enterprise

As an alternative to updating if youre not using the Upgrade Readiness App (URA) you may disable or uninstall the app to remediate both CVE-2022-40899s.

As an alternative to updating if youre not using the Splunk Assist app you may disable or uninstall the app to remediate the golang vulnerabilities in Splunk Assist.

Affected Versions:
Splunk Enterprise versions: 9.0.0 to 9.0.7
Splunk Enterprise versions: 9.1.0 to 9.1.2

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated)
Linux: Checks for installed vulnerable version of Splunk Enterprise from "/etc/splunk.version" file either in "/opt/splunk" directory or using "$SPLUNK_HOME" environment variable along with splunk web configuration check using "/etc/system/default/limit.conf" or "/etc/system/local/limit.conf".
Windows: Checks for installed vulnerable version of Splunk from "/etc/splunk.version" file using registry "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Splunkd".

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may impact integrity and availability

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Vendor has released updated versions to fix these vulnerabilities. Please refer SVD-2024-0109 for more details.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 379345

    CVE-2022-40899 | CVE-2023-37920 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SVD-2024-0109 URL Logo advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0109
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