A new Nagios3 vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-698-2 December 22, 2008
nagios3 vulnerabilities
CVE-2008-5027, CVE-2008-5028
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.10

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 8.10:
nagios3 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1

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

Details follow:

It was discovered that Nagios was vulnerable to a Cross-site request forger=
y
(CSRF) vulnerability. If an authenticated nagios user were tricked into
clicking a link on a specially crafted web page, an attacker could trigger
commands to be processed by Nagios and execute arbitrary programs. This
update alters Nagios behaviour by disabling submission of CMD_CHANGE comman=
ds.
(CVE-2008-5028)

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.
(CVE-2008-5027)


Updated packages for Ubuntu 8.10:

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2-1ub=
untu1.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 38086 84020bf2660e52ef176a2274971e4c1b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2-1ub=
untu1.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 1644 868828fdabd748689e35083aa052a483
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2.ori=
g.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 2759331 008d71aac08660bc007f7130ea82ab80

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3-common_3.=
0.2-1ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 72216 1cccb3e8640dbd2612caf7841ae1756b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3-doc_3.0.2=
-1ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 2063224 9769666c13c1d886228f66ff40dc729a

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3-dbg_3.0.2=
-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 2660164 381e889f994b102f6e65acc67f032f7a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2-1ub=
untu1.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1538712 8ce98eee89e13bc544180c73c9d24ba0

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3-dbg_3.0.2=
-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 2429130 87889b6dc28b86c4aae3d0acdd9950e9
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2-1ub=
untu1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1387398 ec353697aced7539893ef9409d850120

lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture):

http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3-dbg_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.=
1_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 2479724 433504296b1650a7d393ab28d9b264b7
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1_lp=
ia.deb
Size/MD5: 1376480 be232a1c16b5daff63b586f2cd66b9eb

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

http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3-dbg_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.=
1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 2630802 167b533ea10d8962df5bc5904133c067
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1_po=
werpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1525154 0679044c20e6a53c9311f2670834035b

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3-dbg_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.=
1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 2327204 f40329c8a8216799a365d185bcc2a646
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/n/nagios3/nagios3_3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1_sp=
arc.deb
Size/MD5: 1379752 04408878bff9de5f485c7da2c6ffde4d



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