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Gentoo: 2014-01-26 Critical: Zabbix Shell Command Exploit Alert

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2850 addresses a critical vulnerability in the OpenSSH package, permitting unauthorized access through malicious user input.
A vulnerability in Zabbix could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell code.

Summary

If a flexible user parameter is configured in Zabbix agent, including a newline in the parameters will execute newline section as a separate command even if UnsafeUserParameters are disabled.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity remote code execution shell command injection

Resolution

All Zabbix 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-2.2.0-r4"
All Zabbix 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-2.0.9-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6824 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6824

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-26
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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: Zabbix: Shell command injection
Date: January 23, 2014
Bugs: #493250
ID: 201401-26

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity remote code execution shell command injection

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Zabbix could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell code.

Background

Zabbix is software for monitoring applications, networks, and servers.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/zabbix < 2.2.0-r4 >= 2.2.0-r4 *>= 2.0.9-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.