CVE-2018-7432 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Splunk Enterprise via crafted HTTP requests, requiring an upgrade to patched versions.
- 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-2018-7432?
CVE-2018-7432 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
Splunk Enterprise 6.2.x before 6.2.14, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.7, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3; and Splunk Light before 6.6.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7432?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Splunk Splunk.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7432?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7432 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-2018-7432 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7432 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xjv-wjcc-hfh7.