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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] ERRATA: [ GLSA 200605-07 ] Nagios: Buffer overflow
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:32:42
Message-Id: 200605162353.38636.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [ERRATA UPDATE] GLSA 200605-07:02
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Nagios: Buffer overflow
9 Date: May 07, 2006
10 Updated: May 16, 2006
11 Bugs: #132159, #133487
12 ID: 200605-07:02
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16 Errata
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19 The previous upstream release failed to take into account an integer
20 overflow condition when performing bounds checking. Users are urged
21 to upgrade to 1.4.1 which resolves the issue.
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23 The corrected sections appear below.
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25 Affected packages
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29 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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31 1 net-analyzer/nagios-core < 1.4.1 >= 1.4.1
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33 Resolution
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36 All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
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38 # emerge --sync
39 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nagios-core-1.4.1"
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41 Availability
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44 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
45 the Gentoo Security Website:
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47 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
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49 Concerns?
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52 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
53 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
54 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
55 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
56 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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58 License
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