Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in ZABBIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
ZABBIX Format String and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22313
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22313/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in ZABBIX, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to various format string and
buffer overflow errors, which may be exploited to execute arbitrary
code by e.g. tricking somebody into connecting to malicious ZABBIX
agents.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 1.1.2. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Connect to trusted agents only.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Max Vozeler and Ulf Harnhammar, Debian Security Audit Project
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391388
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