USN-3253-1: Nagios vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3253-1

3rd April, 2017

nagios3 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 16.10



• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Nagios.

Software description

• nagios3
  - host/service/network monitoring and management system
  
  

Details

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A
remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Nagios to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
information. ()

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long messages to
cmd.cgi. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nagios to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. ()

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
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