CVE-2016-9566
Published: 15 December 2016
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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nagios3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1)
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1])
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| Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin) |
Does not exist
(precise was needed)
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Patches: Upstream: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/c29557dec91eba2306f5fb11b8da4474ba63f8c4 |
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