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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201408-18
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: NRPE: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 30, 2014
Bugs: #397603, #459870, #508122
ID: 201408-18

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in NRPE, the worst of which
can allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) remotely executes Nagios plugins
on other Linux/Unix machines.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/nrpe < 2.15 >= 2.15

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NRPE. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker can utilize multiple vectors to execute arbitrary
code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All NRPE users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-analyzer/nrpe-2.15”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1362
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1362
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-2913
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2913

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-201408-18.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@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

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