Summary
The remote host is missing an update to nagios3
announced via advisory USN-698-2.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.10:
nagios3 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Nagios to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-698-2
Insight
It was discovered that Nagios was vulnerable to a Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. If an authenticated nagios user were tricked into clicking a link on a specially crafted web page, an attacker could trigger commands to be processed by Nagios and execute arbitrary programs. This update alters Nagios behaviour by disabling submission of CMD_CHANGE commands.
(CVE-2008-5028)
It was discovered that Nagios did not properly parse commands submitted using the web interface. An authenticated user could use a custom form or a browser addon to bypass security restrictions and submit unauthorized commands.
(CVE-2008-5027)
Severity
Classification
-
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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