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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-17
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Severity: Normal
Title: Munin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 18, 2014
Bugs: #412881, #445250
ID: 201405-17
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Munin which may lead
to symlink attacks, file creation, or bypass of security restrictions.
Background
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Munin is an open source server monitoring tool.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/munin < 2.0.8-r2 >= 2.0.8-r2
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Munin. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.
A remote attacker could create files or load new Munin configuration
files.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Munin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/munin-2.0.8-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2103
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2103
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-3512
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3512
[ 3 ] CVE-2012-3513
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3513
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-201405-17.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
