GLSA 201812-03: Nagios: Privilege escalation
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Nagios: Privilege escalation |
| Date: | 12/02/2018 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 201812-03 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in Nagios allows local users to escalate privileges.Background
Nagios is an open source host, service and network monitoring program.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-analyzer/nagios-core | < 4.3.4 | >= 4.3.4 | All supported architectures |
Description
A vulnerability in Nagios was discovered due to the improper handling of configuration files which can be owned by a non-root user.
Impact
A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by leveraging access to a non-root owned configuration file.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nagios-core-4.3.4"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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