A new Nagios vulnerability update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-698-1 December 22, 2008
nagios vulnerability
CVE-2008-5027
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

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

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
nagios-common 2:1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Nagios to effect
the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that Nagios did not properly parse commands submitted usi=
ng
the web interface. An authenticated user could use a custom form or a brows=
er
addon to bypass security restrictions and submit unauthorized commands.


Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios_1.3-cvs.200=
50402-8ubuntu8.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 70914 96d8036bdb33aadd3141715039c91b24
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios_1.3-cvs.200=
50402-8ubuntu8.dsc
Size/MD5: 959 0393336015bf452f5dfeb74d75245311
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios_1.3-cvs.200=
50402.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 1621251 0f92b7b8e705411b7881d3650cbb5d56

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-common_1.3-=
cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_all.deb
Size/MD5: 1218132 d18e298ee16f4c6c6b7c5969c46044e6

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-mysql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1030206 085483fdefd0d7bc43e55dbc5be2bcd6
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1041656 09fc7bb2ff11062603680d09e290909b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cv=
s.20050402-8ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1025618 61619d13effd9a4970486abf5933c756

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-mysql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 877846 544afaebec24e7e94d2ce1da3a89346c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 886544 411d3ca5a204aa41a4a42ef6e5f56453
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cv=
s.20050402-8ubuntu8_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 872936 aa31f6d1fb8a081a206eae3d6bfb3dd6

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-mysql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1015630 540a27062c7f8612b7f460b2bcfd93b9
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1024374 47e0480006df0b20a83f67b56da7a9f8
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cv=
s.20050402-8ubuntu8_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 993324 03a67a7675075050a672a4c515e8e0c3

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-mysql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 918810 7340348f043dd884c88bd016ee30e41d
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-c=
vs.20050402-8ubuntu8_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 926172 e9ccf388b828a17e868807aa39cb5b51
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cv=
s.20050402-8ubuntu8_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 917374 c88dec0d93f590f8a93ebbc701696f68



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