GLSA 201401-26: Zabbix: Shell command injection

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Severity:	high
Title:	Zabbix: Shell command injection
Date:	01/23/2014
Bugs:	#493250
ID:	201401-26

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Zabbix could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell code.

Background

Zabbix is software for monitoring applications, networks, and servers.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/zabbix	< 2.0.9-r1	>= 2.0.9-r1	All supported architectures

Description

If a flexible user parameter is configured in Zabbix agent, including a newline in the parameters will execute newline section as a separate command even if UnsafeUserParameters are disabled.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Zabbix 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-2.2.0-r4"

All Zabbix 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-2.0.9-r1"

References

CVE-2013-6824

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-26.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.