GLSA 201412-23: Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:12/13/2014
Bugs: #447802, #495132, #501200
ID:201412-23

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Nagios, the worst of which may allow remote code execution.

Background

Nagios is an open source host, service and network monitoring program.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/nagios-core < 3.5.1 >= 3.5.1 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Nagios. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nagios-core-3.5.1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-23.xml

Concerns?

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

Copyright 2010 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.

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