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Posted on 07 January 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-03
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Severity: High
Title: Nagstamon: Information disclosure
Date: January 06, 2014
Bugs: #476538
ID: 201401-03
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Nagstamon could expose user credentials to a remote
attacker.
Background
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Nagstamon is a Nagios status monitor application.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/nagstamon >= 0.9.11_rc1 >= 0.9.11_rc1=
Description
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Nagstamon's automatic request to check for updates includes plaintext
username and password information for one of the monitor servers that
the Nagstamon instance connects to.
Impact
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A remote attacker could eavesdrop on this request and gain user
credentials for a monitor server.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Nagstamon users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/nagstamon-0.9.11_rc1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4114
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4114
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-03.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
