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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-6188: Security patch for munin (ALAS-2017-818)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-6188: Security patch for munin (ALAS-2017-818)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/22/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/20/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

Munin before 2.999.6 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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-munin

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