[USN-6243-1] Graphite-Web vulnerabilities

[Amir Naseredini]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6243-1
July 25, 2023

graphite-web vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Graphite-Web.

Software Description:
- 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 LTS:
   graphite-web                    1.1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   graphite-web                    1.1.4-5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   graphite-web                    1.0.2+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   graphite-web                    0.9.15+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   graphite-web                    0.9.12+debian-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6243-1
   CVE-2017-18638, CVE-2022-4728, CVE-2022-4729, CVE-2022-4730

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite-web/1.1.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite-web/1.1.4-5ubuntu0.1

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