Splunk Enterprise up to 8.1.13/8.2.10/9.0.4 XML Parser denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Splunk Enterprise up to 8.1.13/8.2.10/9.0.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component XML Parser. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-32706. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Splunk Enterprise up to 8.1.13/8.2.10/9.0.4 (Log Management Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component XML Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

On Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, an unauthenticated attacker can send specially-crafted messages to the XML parser within SAML authentication to cause a denial of service in the Splunk daemon.

The weakness was presented 06/01/2023 as SVD-2023-0601. It is possible to read the advisory at advisory.splunk.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-32706 since 05/11/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.1.14, 8.2.11 or 9.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Log Management Software

Vendor

• Splunk

Name

• Enterprise

Version

• 8.1.0
• 8.1.1
• 8.1.2
• 8.1.3
• 8.1.4
• 8.1.5
• 8.1.6
• 8.1.7
• 8.1.8
• 8.1.9
• 8.1.10
• 8.1.11
• 8.1.12
• 8.1.13
• 8.2.0
• 8.2.1
• 8.2.2
• 8.2.3
• 8.2.4
• 8.2.5
• 8.2.6
• 8.2.7
• 8.2.8
• 8.2.9
• 8.2.10
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.3
• 9.0.4

License

• commercial

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