metadata/glsa/glsa-201710-05.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201710-05">
  <title>Munin: Arbitrary file write</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in Munin allows local attackers to overwrite any
    file accessible to the www-data user.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">munin</product>
  <announced>2017-10-08</announced>
  <revised>2017-10-08: 1</revised>
  <bug>610602</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-analyzer/munin" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.0.33</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.33</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Munin is an open source server monitoring tool.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>When Munin is compiled with CGI graphics enabled then the files
      accessible to the www-data user can be overwritten.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker, by setting multiple upper_limit GET parameters, could
      overwrite files accessible to the www-user.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Munin users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-analyzer/munin-2.0.33"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6188">
      CVE-2017-6188
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-10-01T22:42:42Z">chrisadr</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-10-08T13:43:10Z">chrisadr</metadata>
</glsa>