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Splunk Enterprise DoS Vulnerability (SP-CAAAPW8)

🗓️ 06 Feb 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType 
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Splunk Enterprise DoS Vulnerability (SP-CAAAPW8) prone to remote daemon crash via crafted GET request. Versions 5.0.x to 6.5.x affected. Solution: Update to v5.0.17, v6.0.13, v6.1.12, v6.2.13, v6.3.9, v6.4.5, v6.5.2 or later

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:splunk:splunk";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106565");
  script_version("2025-09-05T15:40:40+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-05 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 05 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-02-06 11:21:45 +0700 (Mon, 06 Feb 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-03-09 20:28:00 +0000 (Thu, 09 Mar 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5880");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Splunk Enterprise DoS Vulnerability (SP-CAAAPW8)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_splunk_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("splunk/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Splunk Enterprise is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Splunk Web in Splunk Enterprise allows remote authenticated
  users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted GET request.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Splunk Enterprise 5.0.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x, 6.3.x, 6.4.x and
  6.5.x.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.0.17, 6.0.13, 6.1.12, 6.2.13, 6.3.9,
  6.4.5, 6.5.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPW8");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version =~ "^5\.0") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "5.0.17")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.0.17", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.0") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.0.13")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.0.13", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.1") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.1.12")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.1.12", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.2") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.2.13")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.2.13", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.3") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.3.9")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.3.9", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.4") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.4.5")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.4.5", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

if (version =~ "^6\.5") {
  if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.5.2")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.5.2", install_path: location);
    security_message(port: port, data: report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);

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