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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201806-09 ] PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:13:17
Message-Id: 2346634.yM3e6U9JB0@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201806-09
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation
9 Date: June 24, 2018
10 Bugs: #637640
11 ID: 201806-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in PNP4Nagios which may allow local attackers to gain
19 root privileges.
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21 Background
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24 PNP4Nagios is an addon for the Nagios Network Monitoring System.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-analyzer/pnp4nagios < 0.6.26-r9 >= 0.6.26-r9
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34 Description
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37 It was found that PHP4Nagios creates files owned by an unprivileged
38 user that are used by root.
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40 Impact
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43 A local attacker could escalate privileges to root.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All PNP4Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-analyzer/pnp4nagios-0.6.26-r9"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-16834
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16834
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64 Availability
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67 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
68 the Gentoo Security Website:
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70 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09
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72 Concerns?
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75 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
76 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
77 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
78 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
79 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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81 License
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84 Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
85 belongs to its owner(s).
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87 The contents of this document are licensed under the
88 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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90 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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