GLSA-201806-09 : PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 110677

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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-201806-09 (PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation)

It was found that PHP4Nagios creates files owned by an unprivileged user that are used by root.
Impact :

A local attacker could escalate privileges to root.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PNP4Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/pnp4nagios-0.6.26-r9'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110677

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201806-09.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/25/2018

Updated: 9/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16834

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pnp4nagios

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16834

GLSA: 201806-09

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