[USN-698-1] Nagios vulnerability (fwd)

Mon Dec 22 17:07:05 UTC 2008

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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:35:54 -0500
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers at canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce at lists.ubuntu.com
Cc: bugtraq at securityfocus.com, full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk
Subject: [USN-698-1] Nagios vulnerability

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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 using
the web interface. An authenticated user could use a custom form or a browser
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.20050402-8ubuntu8.diff.gz
       Size/MD5:    70914 96d8036bdb33aadd3141715039c91b24
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios_1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8.dsc
       Size/MD5:      959 0393336015bf452f5dfeb74d75245311
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios_1.3-cvs.20050402.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-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_amd64.deb
       Size/MD5:  1030206 085483fdefd0d7bc43e55dbc5be2bcd6
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_amd64.deb
       Size/MD5:  1041656 09fc7bb2ff11062603680d09e290909b
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cvs.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-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_i386.deb
       Size/MD5:   877846 544afaebec24e7e94d2ce1da3a89346c
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_i386.deb
       Size/MD5:   886544 411d3ca5a204aa41a4a42ef6e5f56453
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cvs.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-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_powerpc.deb
       Size/MD5:  1015630 540a27062c7f8612b7f460b2bcfd93b9
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_powerpc.deb
       Size/MD5:  1024374 47e0480006df0b20a83f67b56da7a9f8
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cvs.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-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_sparc.deb
       Size/MD5:   918810 7340348f043dd884c88bd016ee30e41d
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-pgsql_1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_sparc.deb
       Size/MD5:   926172 e9ccf388b828a17e868807aa39cb5b51
     http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nagios/nagios-text_1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8_sparc.deb
       Size/MD5:   917374 c88dec0d93f590f8a93ebbc701696f68