Bug 470840 (CVE-2008-5027) - CVE-2008-5027 nagios: authorization bypass via custom form or browser addon
Summary: CVE-2008-5027 nagios: authorization bypass via custom form or browser addon
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2008-5027
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 469974 471019
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-11-10 16:08 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:27 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-03-27 08:44:33 UTC
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Ubuntu patch to fix CVE-2008-5027 (2.13 KB, patch)
2009-03-23 21:42 UTC, Vincent Danen 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-11-10 16:08:54 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-5027 to the following vulnerability:

The Nagios process in (1) Nagios before 3.0.5 and (2) op5 Monitor
before 4.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization
checks, and trigger execution of arbitrary programs by this process,
via an (a) custom form or a (b) browser addon.

References:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4914396D.5010009%40op5.se&forum_name=nagios-devel
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/06/2
http://www.nagios.org/development/history/nagios-3x.php
http://www.op5.com/support/news/389-important-security-fix-available-for-op5-monitor
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32156
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-11-26 06:19:37 UTC 
nagios-3.0.5-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Vincent Danen 2009-03-23 21:42:14 UTC 
Created attachment 336393 [details]
Ubuntu patch to fix CVE-2008-5027

Ubuntu has released an update to Nagios 2.11 and I am attaching the two patches used to fix this issue.

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-698-3
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