USN-6243-1: Graphite-Web vulnerabilities
25 July 2023
Several security issues were fixed in Graphite-Web.
Releases
Packages
- graphite-web - A highly scalable real-time graphing system
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
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
-
graphite-web
-
1.0.2+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04
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graphite-web
-
0.9.15+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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graphite-web
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0.9.12+debian-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.