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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201812-03 |
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https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Nagios: Privilege escalation |
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Date: December 02, 2018 |
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Bugs: #629380 |
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ID: 201812-03 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability in Nagios allows local users to escalate privileges. |
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Background |
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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 |
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< 4.3.4 >= 4.3.4 |
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Description |
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A vulnerability in Nagios was discovered due to the improper handling |
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of configuration files which can be owned by a non-root user. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by leveraging access |
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to a non-root owned configuration file. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nagios-core-4.3.4" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-14312 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14312 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-03 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |