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Red Hat OpenStack 3 RHSA-2013:1526-01 Moderate Threat: Nagios Security

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Updated nagios packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
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Synopsis:          Moderate: nagios security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2013:1526-01
Product:           Red Hat OpenStack
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1526.html
Issue date:        2013-11-18
CVE Names:         CVE-2013-2029 CVE-2013-4214 
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1. Summary:

Updated nagios packages that fix two security issues are now available
for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

OpenStack 3 - x86_64

3. Description:

Nagios is a program that can monitor hosts and services on your network. It
can send email or page alerts when problems arise and when problems are
resolved.

Multiple insecure temporary file creation flaws were found in Nagios.
A local attacker could use these flaws to cause arbitrary files to be
overwritten as the root user via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2013-2029,
CVE-2013-4214)

These issues were discovered by Grant Murphy of the Red Hat Product
Security Team.

All users of Nagios are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

958002 - CVE-2013-4214 Nagios core: html/rss-newsfeed.php insecure temporary file usage
958015 - CVE-2013-2029 Nagios core: Insecure temporary file usage in nagios.upgrade_to_v3.sh

6. Package List:

OpenStack 3:

Source:

x86_64:
nagios-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm
nagios-common-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm
nagios-debuginfo-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm
nagios-devel-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2029
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4214
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat OpenStack 3 RHSA-2013:1526-01 Moderate Threat: Nagios Security

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Calendar Grey November 18, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent updates for Nagios on Red Hat OpenStack address two noteworthy security vulnerabilities, according to advisory RHSA-2013-1526-01.
Updated nagios packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat OpenStack 3.0

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Nagios is a program that can monitor hosts and services on your network. It can send email or page alerts when problems arise and when problems are resolved.
Multiple insecure temporary file creation flaws were found in Nagios. A local attacker could use these flaws to cause arbitrary files to be overwritten as the root user via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2013-2029, CVE-2013-4214)
These issues were discovered by Grant Murphy of the Red Hat Product Security Team.
All users of Nagios are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2029 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4214 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

OpenStack 3:
Source:
x86_64: nagios-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm nagios-common-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm nagios-debuginfo-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm nagios-devel-3.5.1-2.el6ost.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1526-01
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Issue date: 2013-11-18

Topic

Updated nagios packages that fix two security issues are now availablefor Red Hat OpenStack 3.0.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

OpenStack 3 - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

958002 - CVE-2013-4214 Nagios core: html/rss-newsfeed.php insecure temporary file usage

958015 - CVE-2013-2029 Nagios core: Insecure temporary file usage in nagios.upgrade_to_v3.sh

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