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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