USN-6559-1: ZooKeeper vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 January 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ZooKeeper.


Packages

  • zookeeper - High-performance coordination service for distributed applications

Details

It was discovered that ZooKeeper incorrectly handled authorization for
the getACL() command. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04
LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0201)

Damien Diederen discovered that ZooKeeper incorrectly handled
authorization if SASL Quorum Peer authentication is enabled. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass ZooKeeper's
authorization system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04
and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-44981)

It was discovered that ZooKeeper incorrectly handled authorization for
the getACL() command. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04
LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0201)

Damien Diederen discovered that ZooKeeper incorrectly handled
authorization if SASL Quorum Peer authentication is enabled. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass ZooKeeper's
authorization system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04
and Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-44981)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic libzookeeper-java –  3.8.0-11ubuntu0.1
23.04 lunar libzookeeper-java –  3.8.0-10ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy libzookeeper-java –  3.4.13-6ubuntu4.1
20.04 focal libzookeeper-java –  3.4.13-5ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic libzookeeper-java –  3.4.13-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial libzookeeper-java –  3.4.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
14.04 trusty libzookeeper-java –  3.4.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3  

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