CVE-2015-4165

NameCVE-2015-4165
DescriptionThe snapshot API in Elasticsearch before 1.6.0 when another application exists on the system that can read Lucene files and execute code from them, is accessible by the attacker, and the Java VM on which Elasticsearch is running can write to a location that the other application can read and execute from, allows remote authenticated users to write to and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files, and potentially execute arbitrary code.
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Debian Bugs788471

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
elasticsearchsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
elasticsearchsource(unstable)1.6.0+dfsg-1788471

Notes

[jessie] - elasticsearch <end-of-life> (No longer supported, see DSA 3389)
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/11068
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/11284
https://github.com/imotov/elasticsearch/commit/f5cfb2a1869d1a52930cbd3138278a6e2c1b22e6

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