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  2. USN-6243-2

USN-6243-2: Graphite-Web regression

Publication date

9 August 2023

Overview

USN-6243-1 caused a minor regression in Graphite-Web.

Releases

Packages

  • graphite-web - A highly scalable real-time graphing system

Details

USN-6243-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Graphite-Web. It was discovered that the
applied fix was incomplete. This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
server-side request forgery and obtain sensitive information. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18638)

It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
cross site scripting and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-4728,

USN-6243-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Graphite-Web. It was discovered that the
applied fix was incomplete. This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
server-side request forgery and obtain sensitive information. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18638)

It was discovered that Graphite-Web incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
cross site scripting and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-4728,
CVE-2022-4729, CVE-2022-4730)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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
18.04 bionic graphite-web –  1.0.2+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm2  

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