Debian 7 & 8: DSA-3405-1 Critical: Smokeping Code Execution Threat
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November 25, 2015
Tero Marttila discovered that the Debian packaging for smokeping installed it in such a way that the CGI implementation of Apache httpd (mod_cgi) passed additional arguments to the...
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Summary
Tero Marttila discovered that the Debian packaging for smokeping
installed it in such a way that the CGI implementation of Apache httpd
(mod_cgi) passed additional arguments to the smokeping_cgi program,
potentially leading to arbitrary code execution in response to crafted
HTTP requests.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.6.8-2+deb7u1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.9-1+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your smokeping packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: smokeping
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0859
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