GLSA-201710-20 : Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103913

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201710-20 (Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Nagios. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could possibly escalate privileges to root, thus allowing the execution of arbitrary code, by leveraging CVE-2016-9565.
Additionally, a local attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition against arbitrary processes due to the improper dropping of privileges.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/nagios-core-4.3.3'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103913

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201710-20.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/18/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nagios-core, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9565, CVE-2016-9566, CVE-2017-12847

GLSA: 201710-20

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