VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-14511

Sphinx Technologies Sphinx 3.1.1 by default has no authentication and listens on 0.0.0.0, making it exposed to the internet (unless filtered by a firewall or reconfigured to listen to 127.0.0.1 only).

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.06%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 2.06% probability · 80th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-306
Affected: sphinxsearch/sphinx
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/sphinx3.html#getting-started-on-linux-and-macosVendor Advisory
https://blog.wirhabenstil.de/2019/08/19/sphinxsearch-0-0-0-09306-cve-2019-14511/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3FPPNZZMWTZOMFGFETMET6YKIH2DQDKS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XD25JJJVM7FFXAO2L3ZG2KXQ6UMFBIA4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSLPW44RWIGHU5AG3P4U2HPSD3UBG4GJ/
https://sphinxsearch.com/blog/Release Notes
http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/sphinx3.html#getting-started-on-linux-and-macosVendor Advisory
https://blog.wirhabenstil.de/2019/08/19/sphinxsearch-0-0-0-09306-cve-2019-14511/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3FPPNZZMWTZOMFGFETMET6YKIH2DQDKS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XD25JJJVM7FFXAO2L3ZG2KXQ6UMFBIA4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSLPW44RWIGHU5AG3P4U2HPSD3UBG4GJ/
https://sphinxsearch.com/blog/Release Notes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.