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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201812-03 ] Nagios: Privilege escalation
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2018 15:57:29
Message-Id: 20181202154915.GC16376@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201812-03
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Nagios: Privilege escalation
9 Date: December 02, 2018
10 Bugs: #629380
11 ID: 201812-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in Nagios allows local users to escalate privileges.
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20 Background
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23 Nagios is an open source host, service and network monitoring program.
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25 Affected packages
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29 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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31 1 net-analyzer/nagios-core
32 < 4.3.4 >= 4.3.4
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34 Description
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37 A vulnerability in Nagios was discovered due to the improper handling
38 of configuration files which can be owned by a non-root user.
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40 Impact
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43 A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by leveraging access
44 to a non-root owned configuration file.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nagios-core-4.3.4"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-14312
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14312
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-03
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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