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title: "CVE-2014-5338\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-5338

Publication date 22 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the multisite
component in Check\_MK before 1.2.4p4 and 1.2.5 before 1.2.5i4 allow remote
authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified
vectors to the (1) render\_status\_icons function in htmllib.py or (2)
ajax\_action function in actions.py.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5338?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| check-mk | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

per Debian, code not present in 2.3

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5338)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5338)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-5338)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5338)

### Other references

* <http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=commit;h=4b71709456bfc2ffc27a3583f13cc2ac0e726709>
* <http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127941/Deutsche-Telekom-CERT-Advisory-DTC-A-20140820-001.html>
* <http://mathias-kettner.de/check_mk_werks.php?werk_id=0982&HTML=yes>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5338>
