Executive Summary

Summary
Title Munin: Arbitrary file write
Informations
Name GLSA-201710-05 First vendor Publication 2017-10-08
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-10-08
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Munin allows local attackers to overwrite any file accessible to the www-data user.

Background

Munin is an open source server monitoring tool.

Description

When Munin is compiled with CGI graphics enabled then the files accessible to the www-data user can be overwritten.

Impact

A local attacker, by setting multiple upper_limit GET parameters, could overwrite files accessible to the www-user.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Munin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/munin-2.0.33"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-6188 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6188

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-05

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201710-05.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 37
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-10-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201710-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-21 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2017-818.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-25df1dbd02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-3776c9d747.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-07 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-310.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-03 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3215-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3794.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-10-10 13:24:32
  • Multiple Updates
2017-10-08 17:22:23
  • First insertion