[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201401-26 ] Zabbix: Shell command injection

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-26

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: Zabbix: Shell command injection

Date: January 23, 2014

Bugs: #493250

ID: 201401-26

 

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Synopsis

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A vulnerability in Zabbix could allow remote attackers to execute

arbitrary shell code.

 

Background

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Zabbix is software for monitoring applications, networks, and servers.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 net-analyzer/zabbix < 2.2.0-r4 >= 2.2.0-r4

*>= 2.0.9-r1

 

Description

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If a flexible user parameter is configured in Zabbix agent, including a

newline in the parameters will execute newline section as a separate

command even if UnsafeUserParameters are disabled.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell code with the

privileges of the process.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Zabbix 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-2.2.0-r4"

 

All Zabbix 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/zabbix-2.0.9-r1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6824

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6824

 

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-201401-26.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

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