USN-3215-1: Munin vulnerability

USN-3215-1: Munin vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3215-1

2nd March, 2017

munin vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Munin could be made to overwrite files.

Software description

• munin
  – Network-wide graphing framework

Details

It was discovered that Munin incorrectly handled CGI graphs. A remote
attacker could use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files as the www-data
user.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

munin

2.0.19-3ubuntu0.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2017-6188

Source: USN-3215-1: Munin vulnerability