Bug 1425855 (CVE-2017-6188) - CVE-2017-6188 munin: Local file write vulnerability with CGI graphs enabled
Summary: CVE-2017-6188 munin: Local file write vulnerability with CGI graphs enabled
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-6188
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1425857 1425858
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-02-22 15:40 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:08:03 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-02-22 15:40:44 UTC
Munin has a local file write vulnerability when CGI graphs are enabled. Setting multiple "upper_limit" GET parameters allows overwriting any file accessible to the www-data user.

Upstream bug:

https://github.com/munin-monitoring/munin/issues/721

References:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855705

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-22 15:41:43 UTC
Created munin tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1425858]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1425857]

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2017-02-23 08:55:28 UTC
CVE assignment:

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/22/4

Comment 3 Kim B. Heino 2018-09-15 08:02:04 UTC
This CVE is fixed by Munin upstream 1.5 years ago. The fix is included in current Fedora and EPEL Munin packages (2.0.40).

Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:08:03 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.


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