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Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:49 am Post subject: [ GLSA 201401-03 ] Nagstamon: Information disclosure |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Nagstamon: Information disclosure (GLSA 201401-03)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: January 06, 2014
Bug(s): #476538
ID: 201401-03
Synopsis
A vulnerability in Nagstamon could expose user credentials to a
remote attacker.
Background
Nagstamon is a Nagios status monitor application.
Affected Packages
Package: net-analyzer/nagstamon
Vulnerable: < 0.9.11_rc1
Unaffected: >= 0.9.11_rc1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Nagstamon’s automatic request to check for updates includes plaintext
username and password information for one of the monitor servers that the
Nagstamon instance connects to.
Impact
A remote attacker could eavesdrop on this request and gain user
credentials for a monitor server.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Nagstamon users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=net-analyzer/nagstamon-0.9.11_rc1"
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References
CVE-2013-4114 |
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