UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1427

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1427

    Published: 17 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1427

    Summary:

    Details: The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted script.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1427, http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Feb/92, http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100850, http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1427, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: elasticsearch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.3+dfsg-3

    Affected versions

    1.6.2+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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