On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 16:42 +0100, Matthias Kellermann wrote: > Hi list, > > anyone knows of a Nagios plugin to check the FreeBSD ports and base > system for updates? I'm searching for something like check_apt for > Debian/Ubuntu.
All that you need to do is exec portaudit and trap the output. However, mapping this into warn/crit status will get tricky. Most big shops have software release engineer processes that prevent them from, as a NetBSD friend of mine calls it, "implementing massive rolling in-place binary upgrades". In the hope that security will somehow be derived from that (Linux credo, I suppose). I like the idea ether way. Let me know if you need help testing/coding. ~BAS $ pkg_version -vL "=" apache-2.2.4_2 < needs updating (port has 2.2.6_2) apr-nothr-db4-1.0.1_1 < needs updating (port has 1.2.8_2) arj-3.10.22 < needs updating (port has 3.10.22_1) autoconf-2.59_3 < needs updating (port has 2.61_2) autoconf-wrapper-20070404 < needs updating (port has 20071109) $ sudo portaudit Affected package: perl-5.8.8 Type of problem: perl -- regular expressions unicode data buffer overflow. Reference: <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ ... Affected package: nagios-plugins-1.4.9,1 Type of problem: nagios-plugins -- Long Location Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. ~BAS > > One important thing is that I also want to monitor all the FreeBSD jails > for updates, too. Any help/hint appreciated :) > > Matthias > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting > any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
