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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6914-1
July 24, 2024

ocsinventory-server vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

OCS Inventory was vulnerable to an authentication bypass if the
selected authentication method was via CAS.

Software Description:
- ocsinventory-server: Hardware and software inventory tool

Details:

Filip Hejsek discovered that the phpCAS library included in OCS Inventory
was using HTTP headers to determine the service URL used to validate
tickets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access
to a victim's account.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
ocsinventory-reports 2.8.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1
ocsinventory-server 2.8.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6914-1
CVE-2022-39369

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ocsinventory-server/2.8.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1