Check Point Advisories

Elastic Elasticsearch Snapshot API Directory Traversal (CVE-2015-5531)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0787
Date Published:	25 Sep 2017
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Wednesday 27 September, 2017
Source:	Elastic ESA-2015-08
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-5531
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Elastic Elasticsearch prior to 1.6.1
Vulnerability Description	A directory traversal vulnerability exists in Elastic Elasticsearch. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation on a user-supplied path when a request is sent to access a snapshot repository. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Elastic Elasticsearch Snapshot API Directory Traversal protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Elastic Elasticsearch Snapshot API Directory Traversal