Malformed ZIP file crashes Universal Forwarders and Splunk Enterprise through file monitoring input
CVE-2022-37439

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Splunk
Status
Splunk Enterprise
Universal Forwarders
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 August 2022

What is CVE-2022-37439?

In Splunk Enterprise and Universal Forwarder versions in the following table, indexing a specially crafted ZIP file using the file monitoring input can result in a crash of the application. Attempts to restart the application would result in a crash and would require manually removing the malformed file.

Affected Version(s)

Splunk Enterprise 8.2 < 8.2.7.1

Splunk Enterprise 8.1 < 8.1.11

Universal Forwarders 8.1.11

References

https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcemen...
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https://research.splunk.com/application/b237d393-2f57-453...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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