Several security issues were fixed in Munin.
It was discovered that the Munin qmailscan plugin incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-2103)
5 November 2012
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Munin.
It was discovered that the Munin qmailscan plugin incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-2103)
It was discovered that Munin incorrectly handled plugin state file permissions. An attacker obtaining privileges of the munin user could use this issue to escalate privileges to root. (CVE-2012-3512)
It was discovered that Munin incorrectly handled specifying an alternate configuration file. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the web server. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2012-3513)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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