USN-2090-1: Munin vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2090-1
27th January, 2014
munin vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Munin.
Software description
- munin - Network-wide graphing framework
Details
Christoph Biedl discovered that Munin incorrectly handled certain
multigraph data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Munin to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-6048)
Christoph Biedl discovered that Munin incorrectly handled certain
multigraph service names. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Munin to stop data collection, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-6359)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 13.10:
- munin 2.0.17-2ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 12.10:
- munin 2.0.2-1ubuntu2.3
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- munin 1.4.6-3ubuntu3.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1hFhCIU