Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for nagios. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for nagios
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20013
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20013/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for nagios. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA19991
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-analyzer/nagios-core-1.4" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19991:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19991/
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