Elastic Kibana X-Pack 'CVE-2017-8445' TLS Trust Manager Bypass Vulnerability - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:elastic:x-pack";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108269");
  script_version("2025-09-03T14:11:39+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8445");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:30:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-10-23 10:54:29 +0200 (Mon, 23 Oct 2017)");
  script_name("Elastic Kibana X-Pack 'CVE-2017-8445' TLS Trust Manager Bypass Vulnerability - Linux");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_elastic_kibana_http_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("elastic/kibana/x-pack/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.elastic.co/community/security");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Elastic Kibana with X-Pack is prone to a TLS Trust Manager bypass vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"If reloading the trust material fails the trust manager will be replaced
  with an instance that trusts all certificates.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This could allow any node using any certificate to join a cluster. The
  proper behavior in this instance is for the TLS trust manager to deny all certificates.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Elastic Kibana X-Pack versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Elastic Kibana X-Pack version 5.5.2 or later.");

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

  exit(0);
}

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

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

if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"5.0.0", test_version2:"5.5.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"5.5.2" );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );