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From: Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201401-03 ] Nagstamon: Information disclosure
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 20:06:26
Message-Id: 52CB0C6C.103@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-03
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Nagstamon: Information disclosure
9 Date: January 06, 2014
10 Bugs: #476538
11 ID: 201401-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in Nagstamon could expose user credentials to a remote
19 attacker.
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21 Background
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24 Nagstamon is a Nagios status monitor application.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-analyzer/nagstamon >= 0.9.11_rc1 >= 0.9.11_rc1
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34 Description
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37 Nagstamon's automatic request to check for updates includes plaintext
38 username and password information for one of the monitor servers that
39 the Nagstamon instance connects to.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could eavesdrop on this request and gain user
45 credentials for a monitor server.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Nagstamon users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/nagstamon-0.9.11_rc1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2013-4114
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4114
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-03.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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