[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200903-22 ] Ganglia: Execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-22

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: Ganglia: Execution of arbitrary code

Date: March 10, 2009

Bugs: #255366

ID: 200903-22

 

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Synopsis

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A buffer-overflow in Ganglia's gmetad might lead to the execution of

arbitrary code.

 

Background

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Ganglia is a scalable distributed monitoring system for clusters and

grids.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 sys-cluster/ganglia < 3.1.1-r2 >= 3.1.1-r2

 

Description

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Spike Spiegel reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the

process_path() function when processing overly long pathnames in

gmetad/server.c.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the gmetad

service leading to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of

Service.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Ganglia users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/ganglia-3.1.1-r2"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-0241

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0241

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-22.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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

http://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2009 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