CVE-2017-14955

Publication date 2 October 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Check_MK before 1.2.8p26 mishandles certain errors within the failed-login save feature because of a race condition, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information by reading a GUI crash report.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
check-mk	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	21.10 impish	Not in release
	21.04 hirsute	Not in release
	20.10 groovy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.2.8p16-1ubuntu0.2
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.2.6p12-1ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Notes

0xnishit

fix 1.2.8p26: https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk/commit/5ac2dd84a1ae62140191fc0f5508b29b2631b74d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.9 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N