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Gentoo: GLSA-202201-12 Normal: NRPE Several Execution Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2014
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Critical flaws found in NRPE may allow execution of remote code. Immediate updates recommended for Gentoo users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NRPE, the worst of which can allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution multiple issues normal severity

Resolution

All NRPE users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nrpe-2.15"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1362 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1362 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-2913 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2913

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-18
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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: Normal
Title: NRPE: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 30, 2014
Bugs: #397603, #459870, #508122
ID: 201408-18

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution multiple issues normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NRPE, the worst of which can allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) remotely executes Nagios plugins on other Linux/Unix machines.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/nrpe < 2.15 >= 2.15

Impact

===== A remote attacker can utilize multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.