What is GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463w?

GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463w is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463w cover?

GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463w covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2015-3337. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463w?

GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463w affects 2 products, including: maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:\u003c= 1.4.4; maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:\u003e= 1.5.0, \u003c= 1.5.1.

GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463wMedium

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 17, 2022

Last Modified

January 27, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-3337 →

📋 Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2, when a site plugin is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

🎯 Affected products2

maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:<= 1.4.4
maven/org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:>= 1.5.0, <= 1.5.1

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3337
https://www.elastic.co/community/security
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37054/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131646/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3241
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x8q8-4hp5-463w