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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840037
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-532-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'nagios-plugins' package(s) announced via the USN-532-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'nagios-plugins' package(s) announced via the USN-532-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Nobuhiro Ban discovered that check_http in nagios-plugins did
not properly sanitize its input when following redirection
requests. A malicious remote web server could cause a denial
of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user.
(CVE-2007-5198)

Aravind Gottipati discovered that sslutils.c in nagios-plugins
did not properly reset pointers to NULL. A malicious remote web
server could cause a denial of service.

Aravind Gottipati discovered that check_http in nagios-plugins
did not properly calculate how much memory to reallocate when
following redirection requests. A malicious remote web server
could cause a denial of service.

Affected Software/OS:
'nagios-plugins' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-5198
25952
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
27124
http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
27362
http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
27609
http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
28930
http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
29862
http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
ADV-2007-3394
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
DSA-1495
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
FEDORA-2008-3061
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
FEDORA-2008-3098
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
FEDORA-2008-3146
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html
GLSA-200711-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
MDVSA-2008:067
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
SUSE-SR:2007:025
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
USN-532-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
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