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title: "CVE-2012-3513\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-3513

Publication date 22 August 2012

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

munin-cgi-graph in Munin before 2.0.6, when running as a CGI module under
Apache, allows remote attackers to load new configurations and create files
in arbitrary directories via the logdir command.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3513?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| munin | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.0.2-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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-2012-3513?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

introduced in http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/munin.git;a=commit;h=6a0c4523269977c851a3c63f5add492511c4c55f
So only affects 2.x

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| munin | * Upstream:   <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/munin.git;a=commit;h=db9ba4c44621bfed6e6c83e3f0a22cb18f0671a2> * Upstream:   <http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/munin.git;a=commit;h=980f5c5f8da8036fb71f44caf99bd3be909e9796> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3513)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3513)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-3513)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3513)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1622-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1622-1)
+ Munin vulnerabilities
+ 5 November 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3513>