What is CVE-2017-5880?

CVE-2017-5880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-5880?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Splunk

CVE-2017-5880

Splunk Web in Splunk Enterprise versions 6.5.x before 6.5.2, 6.4.x before 6.4.5, 6.3.x before 6.3.9, 6.2.x before 6.2.13, 6.1.x before 6.1.12, 6.0.x before 6.0.13, 5.0.x before 5.0.17 and Splunk Light versions before 6.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted GET request, aka SPL-130279.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Splunk — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5880?: CVE-2017-5880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-5880?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.