PT-2022-26975 · Splunk · Splunk Enterprise

Published 2022-11-04 · Updated 2022-11-08 · CVE-2022-43572

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 8.2.9 Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 8.1.12 Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 9.0.2

Description The issue occurs when a malformed file is sent through the Splunk-to-Splunk (S2S) or HTTP Event Collector (HEC) protocols to an indexer, resulting in a blockage or denial-of-service that prevents further indexing.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2.9, update to version 8.2.9 or later to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 8.1.12, update to version 8.1.12 or later to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 9.0.2, update to version 9.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-43572

Affected Products

Splunk Enterprise

References · 4

• https://splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-1111.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43572 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/37098 · Telegram Post