CVE-2020-27839
Published: 26 May 2021
A flaw was found in ceph-dashboard. The JSON Web Token (JWT) used for user authentication is stored by the frontend application in the browser’s localStorage which is potentially vulnerable to attackers via XSS attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
From the Ubuntu security team
It was discovered that the Ceph dashboard was susceptible to a cross-site scripting attack. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or gain unintended access.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 5.4
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ceph Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(16.1.0,15.2.9)
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| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Released
(16.1.0-0ubuntu2)
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| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Released
(15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.10.1)
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| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Released
(15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
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| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Needed
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needs triage
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Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/23f2604d6f9ac16779b4ac43aab6e4e434f2e8ec |
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | this is fixed in 15.2.11 in focal-updates and groovy-updates but has not been pushed to the security pocket |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27839
- https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/38259
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4998-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian