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Ubuntu: 2090-1 Moderately Severe: Munin DoS Threats and Fixes

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Several security issues were fixed in Munin.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2090-1
January 27, 2014

munin vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Munin.

Software Description:
- munin: Network-wide graphing framework

Details:

Christoph Biedl discovered that Munin incorrectly handled certain
multigraph data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Munin to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6048)

Christoph Biedl discovered that Munin incorrectly handled certain
multigraph service names. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Munin to stop data collection, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-6359)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
  munin                           2.0.17-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  munin                           2.0.2-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  munin                           1.4.6-3ubuntu3.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2090-1
  CVE-2013-6048, CVE-2013-6359

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/munin/2.0.17-2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/munin/2.0.2-1ubuntu2.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/munin/1.4.6-3ubuntu3.4


Ubuntu: 2090-1 Moderately Severe: Munin DoS Threats and Fixes

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2014
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Ensure your Ubuntu systems are safeguarded from Munin vulnerabilities by identifying affected versions, updating repositories, and upgrading the package to the latest stable release
Several security issues were fixed in Munin.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: munin 2.0.17-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.10: munin 2.0.2-1ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: munin 1.4.6-3ubuntu3.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2090-1

CVE-2013-6048, CVE-2013-6359

January 27, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/munin/2.0.17-2ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/munin/2.0.2-1ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/munin/1.4.6-3ubuntu3.4

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