Gentoo: GLSA-201612-51 Normal: Icinga Privilege Escalation Threat
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December 31, 2016
A vulnerability in Icinga could lead to privilege escalation.
Summary
Icinga daemon was found to perform unsafe operations when handling the log file.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Icinga users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/icinga-1.13.4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9566 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9566
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-51
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Icinga: Privilege escalation
Date: December 31, 2016
Bugs: #603534
ID: 201612-51
Topics Covered
Background
Icinga is an open source computer system and network monitoring
application. It was originally created as a fork of the Nagios system
monitoring application in 2009.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/icinga < 1.13.4 >= 1.13.4
Impact
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A local attacker, who either is already Icinga's system user or belongs
to Icinga's group, could potentially escalate privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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