** DISPUTED ** Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving the transport protocol. NOTE: ZDI appears to claim that CVE-2015-3253 and CVE-2015-5377 are the same vulnerability.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-5377 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of elasticsearch as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 6.x and Subscription Asset Manager 1.x. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 3.3 |
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Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | elasticsearch | Will not fix |
Red Hat Satellite 6 | elasticsearch | Will not fix |
For Satellite 6.x and Sam 1.x you can simply firewall elasticsearch to trusted users only (e.g. root, katello, foreman). For instructions on this please see: