CVE-2023-40594 (GCVE-0-2023-40594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 16:19 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
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Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can use the `printf` SPL function to perform a denial of service (DoS) against the Splunk Enterprise instance.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk Enterprise Affected: 8.2 , < 8.2.12 (custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.1 (custom)
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    Splunk Splunk Cloud Affected: - , < 9.0.2303.100 (custom)
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Credits
Danylo Dmytriiev (DDV_UA)
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