The version of Splunk installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SVD-2023-0604 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(176566);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/26");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-32709");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0273-S");
script_name(english:"Splunk Enterprise 8.1.0 < 8.1.14, 8.2.0 < 8.2.11, 9.0.0 < 9.0.5 (SVD-2023-0604)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An application running on a remote web server host is affected by a vulnerability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Splunk installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the SVD-2023-0604 advisory.
- In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11. and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below
9.0.2303.100, a low-privileged user who holds the user' role can see the hashed version of the initial
user name and password for the Splunk instance by using the rest' SPL command against the conf-user-
seed' REST endpoint. (CVE-2023-32709)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0604.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"For Splunk Enterprise, upgrade versions to 8.1.14, 8.2.11, 9.0.5, or higher.
For Splunk Cloud Platform, Splunk is actively patching and monitoring the Splunk Cloud instances.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-32709");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(285);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/06/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/06/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/06/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:splunk:splunk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("splunkd_detect.nasl", "splunk_web_detect.nasl", "macos_splunk_installed.nbin", "splunk_win_installed.nbin", "splunk_nix_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Splunk", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras_splunk.inc');
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
var app_info = vcf::splunk::get_app_info();
var constraints = [
{ 'min_version' : '8.1.0', 'fixed_version' : '8.1.14', 'license' : 'Enterprise' },
{ 'min_version' : '8.2.0', 'fixed_version' : '8.2.11', 'license' : 'Enterprise' },
{ 'min_version' : '9.0.0', 'fixed_version' : '9.0.5', 'license' : 'Enterprise' }
];
vcf::splunk::check_version_and_report(
app_info:app_info,
constraints:constraints,
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);