1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5451-1

USN-5451-1: InfluxDB vulnerability

Publication date

31 May 2022

Overview

An InfluxDB vulnerability allowed attackers to login as any known database user.

Releases

Packages

  • influxdb - Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics

Details

Ilya Averyanov discovered that an InfluxDB vulnerability allowed
attackers to bypass authentication and gain access to any known
database user.

Ilya Averyanov discovered that an InfluxDB vulnerability allowed
attackers to bypass authentication and gain access to any known
database user.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart the influxdb service to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal influxdb –  1.6.4-1+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic influxdb –  1.1.1+dfsg1-4+deb9u1ubuntu1

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