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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-22 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Ganglia: Execution of arbitrary code |
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Date: March 10, 2009 |
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Bugs: #255366 |
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ID: 200903-22 |
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Synopsis |
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A buffer-overflow in Ganglia's gmetad might lead to the execution of |
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arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for clusters and |
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grids. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 sys-cluster/ganglia < 3.1.1-r2 >= 3.1.1-r2 |
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Description |
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Spike Spiegel reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the |
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process_path() function when processing overly long pathnames in |
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gmetad/server.c. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the gmetad |
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service leading to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of |
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Service. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Ganglia users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/ganglia-3.1.1-r2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0241 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0241 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-22.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |