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

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January 27, 2014

Several security issues were fixed in Munin.

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)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu munin moderately severe

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.