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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-5527-1 Critical Checkmk Authentication Flaws

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical vulnerabilities in Checkmk on Ubuntu could compromise security, allowing unauthorized access and data manipulation. Immediate updates and strong security practices recommended
Several security issues were fixed in Checkmk.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Checkmk.

Software Description:

- check-mk: general purpose monitoring plugin for retrieving data

Details:

It was discovered that Checkmk incorrectly handled authentication. An attacker

could possibly use this issue to cause a race condition leading to information

disclosure. (CVE-2017-14955)

It was discovered that Checkmk incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker

could use these cross-site scripting issues to inject arbitrary html or

javascript code to obtain sensitive information including user information,

session cookies and valid credentials. (CVE-2017-9781, CVE-2021-36563,

CVE-2021-40906, CVE-2022-24565)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory cross-site scripting Ubuntu critical threat authentication issue information disclosure Checkmk

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  check-mk-livestatus             1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2
  check-mk-multisite              1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2
  check-mk-server                 1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5527-1

CVE-2017-14955, CVE-2017-9781, CVE-2021-36563, CVE-2021-40906,

CVE-2022-24565

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July 20, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory cross-site scripting Ubuntu critical threat authentication issue information disclosure Checkmk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/check-mk/1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2

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