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Gentoo: GLSA-201401-03 High: Nagstamon Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2014
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Nagstamon contains a critical vulnerability that may allow unauthorized users to access sensitive credentials. It is highly advised to update immediately to ensure protection!
A vulnerability in Nagstamon could expose user credentials to a remote attacker.

Summary

Nagstamon's automatic request to check for updates includes plaintext username and password information for one of the monitor servers that the Nagstamon instance connects to.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo remote access information disclosure nagstamon

Resolution

All Nagstamon users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/nagstamon-0.9.11_rc1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-4114 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4114

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-03
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Nagstamon: Information disclosure
Date: January 06, 2014
Bugs: #476538
ID: 201401-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo remote access information disclosure nagstamon

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Nagstamon could expose user credentials to a remote attacker.

Background

Nagstamon is a Nagios status monitor application.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/nagstamon >= 0.9.11_rc1 >= 0.9.11_rc1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could eavesdrop on this request and gain user credentials for a monitor server.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.