GLSA-201405-17 : Munin: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 74059

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201405-17 (Munin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Munin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
A remote attacker could create files or load new Munin configuration files.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Munin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/munin-2.0.8-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74059

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201405-17.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:munin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2103, CVE-2012-3512, CVE-2012-3513

BID: 53031, 55698, 56398

GLSA: 201405-17