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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2024.1865
SVD-2024-0304: Third-Party Package Updates in Splunk Universal Forwarder -
March 2024
28 March 2024
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Splunk Universal Forwarder
Publisher: Splunk
Operating System: UNIX
Windows
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2024-29945
Original Bulletin:
https://advisory.splunk.com//advisories/SVD-2024-0304
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.2 CVE-2024-29945 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS Source: Splunk Inc.
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Third-Party Package Updates in Splunk Universal Forwarder - March 2024
Advisory ID: SVD-2024-0304
CVE ID: Multiple
Published: 2024-03-27
Last Update: 2024-03-27
Description
Splunk remedied common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in Third Party
Packages in Splunk Universal Forwarder versions 9.2.1, 9.1.4, 9.0.9 and higher,
including the following:
Package Remediation CVE Severity
Openssl Upgraded to 1.0.2zj CVE-2024-0727, Low
CVE-2023-5678
curl [1] Upgraded from 8.0.1 to multiple Informational
8.5.0
[ 1 ] The Splunk Universal Forwarder is not affected by the CVEs listed by curl
applicable to versions 8.0.1 through 8.4.0. However, out of an abundance of
caution, Splunk upgraded it.
Solution
Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to versions 9.2.1, 9.1.4, and 9.0.9, or
higher.
Product Status
Product Version Component Affected Version Fix Version
Splunk Universal Forwarder 9.2 9.2.0 to 9.2.0.1 9.2.1
Splunk Universal Forwarder 9.1 9.1.0 to 9.1.3 9.1.4
Splunk Universal Forwarder 9.0 9.0.0 to 9.0.8 9.0.9
Severity
For the CVEs in this list, Splunk adopted the vendor's severity rating, where
applicable.
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