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title: "CVE-2009-2288\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2288

Publication date 1 July 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

statuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2)
Traceroute parameters.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2288?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nagios | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| nagios2 | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.11-1ubuntu1.5 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| nagios3 | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 3.0.6-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2288?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

Can't reproduce the issue with nagios v1, so it's probably
not affected.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| nagios3 | * Upstream:   <http://nagios.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/nagios/nagios/cgi/statuswml.c?r1=1.27&r2=1.28> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2288)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2288)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2288)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2288)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-795-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-795-1)
+ Nagios vulnerability
+ 2 July 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2288>