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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2019.0036
A vulnerability has been identified in Splunk-Python-SDK.
17 January 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Splunk-Python-SDK
Operating System: Windows
UNIX specific
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-5729
Member content until: Saturday, February 16 2019
OVERVIEW
A vulnerability has been identified in Splunk-Python-SDK. [1]
IMPACT
Splunk has provided the following information regarding this
vulnerability:
"Untrusted TLS server certs verification is not present (CVE-2019-5729)
Description:
Splunk-SDK-Python version before 1.6.6 does not properly verify
untrusted TLS server certificates. This could would permit
man-in-the-middle attacks.
Credits: Splunk would like to thank 'The Upside Travel Company' for
reporting this issue.
CVSS Severity (version 3.0):
CVSS Base Score 7.4
CVSS Impact Subscore 5.2
CVSS Exploitability Subscore 2.2
Overall CVSS Score 7.4
"[1]
MITIGATION
Uprading to Splunk-Python-SDK 1.6.6 will resolve this issue.
REFERENCES
[1] Splunk-Python-SDK address one vulnerability
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAQAD
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