Gentoo: GLSA-201612-51: Icinga: Privilege escalation
Summary
Icinga daemon was found to perform unsafe operations when handling the log file.
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
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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Synopsis
A vulnerability in Icinga could lead to privilege escalation.
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.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/icinga < 1.13.4 >= 1.13.4
Impact
===== 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.