RULE(RULE ID:317387)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2017-05-02
Rule Name: Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Sandbox Security Policy Bypass Vulnerability -2 (CVE-2015-1427)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: 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.
Impact: An attacker can take advantage of the vulnerability to bypass the security policy implemented by the software administrator, and perform unauthorized actions to the target system.
Affected OS: Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, Linux, Other Unix, Mac OS
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:72585
Solutions
The vendor has updated advisory on its official website. Please check it for more information.