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GLSA-201401-03 : Nagstamon: Information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71810

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-03 (Nagstamon: Information disclosure)

 Nagstamon’s automatic request to check for updates includes plaintext username and password information for one of the monitor servers that the Nagstamon instance connects to.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could eavesdrop on this request and gain user credentials for a monitor server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Nagstamon users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/nagstamon-0.9.11_rc1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71810

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201401-03.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 1/7/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nagstamon, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4114

BID: 61120

GLSA: 201401-03