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USN-698-1: Nagios vulnerability

Archived thread 1018607 from Announcements & News. Markdown source: Announcements_&_News/thread_1018607_USN-698-1_Nagios_vulnerability.md

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Referenced CVEs: CVE-2008-5027

Description: =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-698-1 December 22, 2008 nagios vulnerability CVE-2008-5027 =========================================================== 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.

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