A new Nagios vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-698-3 December 23, 2008
nagios2 vulnerabilities
CVE-2008-5027, CVE-2008-5028
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 8.04 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 8.04 LTS:
nagios2 2.11-1ubuntu1.4
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 8.04 LTS:
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11-=
1ubuntu1.4.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 37439 1e9c238bb21704f42d6275c31cf99108
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11-=
1ubuntu1.4.dsc
Size/MD5: 1174 99b9d7ca524be867d538f8f39d52f0cf
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11.=
orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 1741962 058c1f4829de748b42da1b584cccc941
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2-commo=
n_2.11-1ubuntu1.4_all.deb
Size/MD5: 61506 c4f5c96b1c8be0e58c362eb005efba9c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2-doc_2=
.11-1ubuntu1.4_all.deb
Size/MD5: 1135002 0515ced55e66978706203bdac4055b39
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2-dbg_2=
.11-1ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1640150 d23994c62750473a55138f10935318b6
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11-=
1ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1106218 d2ca0e16009ae6738cae6efd29f243df
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2-dbg_2=
.11-1ubuntu1.4_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1552138 4a165fc1202e3dcc4c7af4eeaa8f14cb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11-=
1ubuntu1.4_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 987174 73ba6b8faef90259a965ad3c2aee176e
lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture):
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2-dbg_2.11-1ubunt=
u1.4_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 1586750 161d8bbc1d2f8251aa0888c326152763
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11-1ubuntu1.4=
_lpia.deb
Size/MD5: 999124 984199f0814041fb1d3be332c78a1084
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2-dbg_2.11-1ubunt=
u1.4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1609376 fc3975c98bf065371fd8a0230d1007c5
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11-1ubuntu1.4=
_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1109530 a5e36a48935587ccfc565376a5ea58fa
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2-dbg_2.11-1ubunt=
u1.4_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 1448326 2fc971f58d9891abd1d2babe018742ef
http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/universe/n/nagios2/nagios2_2.11-1ubuntu1.4=
_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 989588 158c615af339c126f07fcc8b3e05480a
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