openSUSE Security Update : nagios (openSUSE-2020-500)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135448

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for nagios to version 4.4.5 fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2019-3698: Symbolic link following vulnerability in the cronjob allows local attackers to cause cause DoS or potentially escalate privileges. (boo#1156309)

- CVE-2018-18245: Fixed XSS vulnerability in Alert Summary report (boo#1119832)

- CVE-2018-13441, CVE-2018-13458, CVE-2018-13457: Fixed a few denial of service vulnerabilities caused by NULL pointer dereference (boo#1101293, boo#1101289, boo#1101290).

Solution

Update the affected nagios packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135448

File Name: openSUSE-2020-500.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/14/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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:novell:opensuse:nagios-theme-exfoliation, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-www-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-www-dch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-www

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-13441, CVE-2018-13457, CVE-2018-13458, CVE-2018-18245, CVE-2019-3698

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