GLSA 201806-09: PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation

Severity:normal
Title:PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation
Date:06/24/2018
Bugs: #637640
ID:201806-09

Synopsis

A vulnerability in PNP4Nagios which may allow local attackers to gain root privileges.

Background

PNP4Nagios is an addon for the Nagios Network Monitoring System.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-analyzer/pnp4nagios < 0.6.26-r9 >= 0.6.26-r9 All supported architectures

Description

It was found that PHP4Nagios creates files owned by an unprivileged user that are used by root.

Impact

A local attacker could escalate privileges to root.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PNP4Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=net-analyzer/pnp4nagios-0.6.26-r9"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201806-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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