Gentoo Linux: GLSA-202301-05 Normal: Nagios Security Vulnerability Alert
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December 2, 2018
A vulnerability in Nagios allows local users to escalate privileges.
Summary
A vulnerability in Nagios was discovered due to the improper handling of configuration files which can be owned by a non-root user.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nagios-core-4.3.4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14312 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14312
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-03
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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: Nagios: Privilege escalation
Date: December 02, 2018
Bugs: #629380
ID: 201812-03
Topics Covered
Background
Nagios is an open source host, service and network monitoring program.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/nagios-core
< 4.3.4 >= 4.3.4
Impact
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A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by leveraging access
to a non-root owned configuration file.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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