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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3241-1 (elasticsearch - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
John Heasman discovered that the site plugin handling of the Elasticsearch search engine was susceptible to directory traversal.
Affected Software
Affected Software
elasticsearch on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.3+dfsg-5+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your elasticsearch packages.