[ GLSA 201401-03 ] Nagstamon: Information disclosure

[GLSA]

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: