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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1151-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1151-1
Posted Jun 16, 2011
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1151-1 - Stefan Schurtz discovered than Nagios did not properly sanitize its input when processing certain requests, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain.

tags | advisory, remote, vulnerability, xss
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2011-1523, CVE-2011-2179
SHA-256 | dbddcfca89b20def2a2289fede61c28c8b2da56d5deb5a9dbc9249b874d0c56f

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1151-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1151-1
June 15, 2011

nagios3 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

An attacker could modify or steal data if you were tricked into clicking on
a special link to Nagios.

Software Description:
- nagios3: A host/service/network monitoring and management system

Details:

Stefan Schurtz discovered than Nagios did not properly sanitize its input
when processing certain requests, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerabilities. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were
tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a
remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal
confidential data, within the same domain.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.04:
nagios3-cgi 3.2.3-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.10:
nagios3-cgi 3.2.1-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
nagios3-cgi 3.2.0-4ubuntu2.2

After a standard system update you need to restart Nagios to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
CVE-2011-1523, CVE-2011-2179

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nagios3/3.2.3-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nagios3/3.2.1-2ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nagios3/3.2.0-4ubuntu2.2


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