Elastic Logstash 'CVE-2015-5378' Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability - Linux

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107279");
  script_version("2025-09-03T14:11:39+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5378");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-03 14:11:39 +0000 (Wed, 03 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-06-17 15:48:00 +0000 (Mon, 17 Jun 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-01-31 14:18:58 +0100 (Wed, 31 Jan 2018)");
  script_name("Elastic Logstash 'CVE-2015-5378' Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability - Linux");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elastic Logstash is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.

  This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT VT 'Elastic Logstash 'CVE-2015-5378' Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability'
  (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107278)");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the usage of Lumberjack input
  (in combination with Logstash Forwarder agent)");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting these issues may allow attackers
  to perform unauthorized actions by conducting a man-in-the-middle attack. This may lead
  to other attacks.");

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elastic Logstash version prior to
  1.5.3 or 1.4.4 on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Users should update to 1.5.3 or 1.4.4. Users that do not
  want to upgrade can address the vulnerability by disabling the Lumberjack input.");

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

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elastic.co/community/security/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76015");

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("General");

  script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);

  exit(0);
}

exit(66);