- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Nagios: Buffer overflow Date: May 07, 2006 Bugs: #132159 ID: 200605-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Nagios is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which may lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== Nagios is an open source host, service and network monitoring program. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/nagios-core < 1.4 >= 1.4 Description =========== Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE security team discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of a negative HTTP Content-Length header. Impact ====== A buffer overflow in Nagios CGI scripts under certain web servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative content length HTTP header. 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-1.4" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-2162 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2162 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-07.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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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