USN-5527-2

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    USN-5527-2

    Published: 20 Jul 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: check-mk vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-5527-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Checkmk. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Checkmk incorrectly handled authentication. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a race condition leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2017-14955) It was discovered that Checkmk incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could use these cross-site scripting issues to inject arbitrary html or javascript code to obtain sensitive information including user information, session cookies and valid credentials. (CVE-2017-9781, CVE-2021-36563, CVE-2021-40906, CVE-2022-24565)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: check-mk

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/check-mk?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.2.6p5-1
    1.2.6p12-1
    1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

    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
    USN-5527-2 | CVE-DB