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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201405-17
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                                            http://security.gentoo.org/
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Munin: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: May 18, 2014
     Bugs: #412881, #445250
       ID: 201405-17

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Munin which may lead
to symlink attacks, file creation, or bypass of security restrictions.

Background
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Munin is an open source server monitoring tool.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/munin          < 2.0.8-r2               >= 2.0.8-r2 

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Munin. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.

A remote attacker could create files or load new Munin configuration
files.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Munin users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/munin-2.0.8-r2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-2103
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2103
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-3512
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3512
[ 3 ] CVE-2012-3513
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3513

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-17.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5