Submitted by MarcDeslauriers on Mon, 2008-12-22 14:42
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-5027
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-698-1 December 22, 2008
nagios vulnerability
CVE-2008-5027
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
nagios-common 2:1.3-cvs.20050402-8ubuntu8
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Nagios to effect
the necessary changes.
Details follow:
It was discovered that Nagios did not properly parse commands submitted using
the web interface. An authenticated user could use a custom form or a browser
addon to bypass security restrictions and submit unauthorized commands.


