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title: "CVE-2013-4214\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4214

Publication date 23 November 2013

Last updated 16 September 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

rss-newsfeed.php in Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, when
MAGPIE\_CACHE\_ON is set to 1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary
files via a symlink attack on /tmp/magpie\_cache.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4214?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nagios3 | 13.10 saucy | Ignored |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

in html/rss-newsfeed.php and html/rss-corefeed.php
removed completely by 80\_dont\_call\_home.patch patch in trusty
tmp file isn't actually used, as MAGPIE\_CACHE\_ON is set to 0
ignoring.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4214)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4214)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4214)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4214)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4214>