Description
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40921/ ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94919 ↗
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/c29557dec91eba2306f5fb11b8da4474ba63f8c4 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-51 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html ↗
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037487 ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/58 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402869 ↗
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-9566.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html ↗