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TITLE:
Ganeti "iallocator" Names Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37849

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37849/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Ganeti, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges, or by
malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when
processing "iallocator" names. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary commands with root privileges via gnt-* commands or
specially crafted RAPI packets.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.0.5 and 1.2.9.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.9 or 2.0.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://groups.google.com/group/ganeti/browse_thread/thread/cbce23d89103a8d2

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-019.html

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