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CVE-2014-4703

Publication date 5 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nagios-plugins 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

Ubuntu wasn't affected by CVE-2014-4701; further, Ubuntu's default kernels include Yama-based symlink and hardlink restrictions making the race much less useful. Marked not-affected because we haven't yet applied fix for CVE-2014-4701.