GLSA 201405-17: Munin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Munin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	05/18/2014
Bugs:	#412881, #445250
ID:	201405-17

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Munin which may lead to symlink attacks, file creation, or bypass of security restrictions.

Background

Munin is an open source server monitoring tool.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/munin	< 2.0.8-r2	>= 2.0.8-r2	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

A remote attacker could create files or load new Munin configuration files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Munin users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/munin-2.0.8-r2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-17.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.