CVE-2012-3512 Information

Description

Munin before 2.0.6 stores plugin state files that run as root in the same group-writable directory as non-root plugins which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by replacing a state file as demonstrated using the smart_ plugin.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684075 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086375.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088239.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088260.html http://www.munin-monitoring.org/ticket/1234 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55698 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1622-1