The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7250-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Netdata incorrectly handled parsing JSON input, which could lead to a JSON     injection. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-18836)

    It was discovered that Netdata incorrectly handled parsing HTTP headers, which could lead to a HTTP header     injection. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or leak sensitive     information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-18837)

    It was discovered that Netdata incorrectly handled parsing URLs, which could lead to a log injection. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to consume system resources, resulting in a denial of service. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-18838)

    It was discovered Netdata improperly authenticated API keys. An attacker could possibly use this issue to     leak sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and

    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-22497)

    It was discovered Fluent Bit, vendored in Netdata, incorrectly handled parsing HTTP payloads. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to disrupt logging. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2024-23722)

    It was discovered that WebAssembly Micro Runtime, vendored in Netdata, incorrectly handled memory. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu     24.10. (CVE-2024-34250, CVE-2024-34251)

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.

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.10 : Netdata vulnerabilities (USN-7250-1)

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Version 1.2 Feb 3, 2025, 7:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202502031925
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