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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Checkmk vulnerabilities (USN-5527-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163287

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5527-1 advisory.

 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163287

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5527-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2022

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:check-mk-agent-logwatch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:check-mk-multisite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:check-mk-livestatus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:check-mk-config-icinga, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:check-mk-agent, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:check-mk-server

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14955, CVE-2017-9781, CVE-2021-36563, CVE-2021-40906, CVE-2022-24565

USN: 5527-1