GLSA 201812-03: Nagios: Privilege escalation

Severity:normal
Title:Nagios: Privilege escalation
Date:12/02/2018
Bugs: #629380
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: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201812-03.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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