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USN-6914-1: OCS Inventory vulnerability

24 July 2024

OCS Inventory was vulnerable to an authentication bypass if the selected authentication method was via CAS.

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Releases

Packages

Details

Filip Hejsek discovered that the phpCAS library included in OCS Inventory
was using HTTP headers to determine the service URL used to validate
tickets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access
to a victim's account.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04

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

References

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