UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20933

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20933

    Published: 19 Nov 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-20933
    Aliases:
    USN-5451-1

    Summary:

    Details: InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may have an empty SharedSecret (aka shared secret).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20933, https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/commit/761b557315ff9c1642cf3b0e5797cd3d983a24c0, https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/12927, https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/compare/v1.7.5...v1.7.6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5451-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20933

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: influxdb

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg1-4+deb9u1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.1+dfsg1-4+deb9u1ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    1.1.1+dfsg1-4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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