CVE-2018-7429 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Splunk Enterprise by sending a malformed HTTP request to the Splunkd service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-7429?
CVE-2018-7429 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 23 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Splunkd in Splunk Enterprise 6.2.x before 6.2.14 6.3.x before 6.3.11, and 6.4.x before 6.4.8; and Splunk Light before 6.5.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed HTTP request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7429?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Splunk Splunk.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7429?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7429 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-7429 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7429 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-wfhf-gfqx-gxf7.