Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an error in Nagios. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2009-1655

Affected Products

Debian GNU/Linux etch
Debian GNU/Linux lenny
Debian GNU/Linux sid
Debian GNU/Linux squeeze

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to nagios2 version 2.6-2+etch3
Debian GNU/Linux lenny - Upgrade to nagios3 version 3.0.6-4~lenny2
Debian GNU/Linux sid - Upgrade to nagios3 version 3.0.6-5
Debian GNU/Linux squeeze - Upgrade to nagios3 version 3.0.6-5

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1777
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2009/msg00137.html

ChangeLog

2009-07-06 : Initial release

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