Werk #15423: Linux agent: Handle failing symmetric encryption

Component	Checks & agents
Title	Linux agent: Handle failing symmetric encryption
Date	Mar 31, 2023
Level	Trivial Change
Class	Security Fix
Compatibility	Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions	2.3.0b1 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.2.0b3 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.1.0p26 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME) 2.0.0p35 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Prior to this Werk the symmetric encryption of agent data (if configured) would fail silently if the option "Run agent as non-root user (Linux)" was also set, since these two options are not compatible. As a result, agent output would be sent unencrypted.

If symmetric encryption is configured, but failing, the agent will now abort immediately and transmit a message about the failure as the only output.
This will then be reported at the Check_MK Agent service of the host, alongside a CRIT status.

Affected Versions: * 2.2.0 (beta) * 2.1.0 * 2.0.0 * 1.6.0 (EOL)

Vulnerability Management: We have rated the issue with a CVSS Score of 3.7 (Low) with the following CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. We have assigned CVE CVE-2023-1768.

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