openSUSE Security Update : nagios (openSUSE-2021-715)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149530

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for nagios fixes the following issues :

- new nagios-exec-start-post script to fix boo#1003362

- fix nagios_upgrade.sh writing to log file in user controlled directory (boo#1182398). The nagios_upgrade.sh script writes the logfile directly below /var/log/

nagios was updated to 4.4.6 :

- Fixed Map display in Internet Explorer 11 (#714)

- Fixed duplicate properties appearing in statusjson.cgi (#718)

- Fixed NERD not building when enabled in ./configure (#723)

- Fixed build process when using GCC 10 (#721)

- Fixed postauth vulnerabilities in histogram.js, map.js, trends.js (CVE-2020-13977, boo#1172794)

- When using systemd, configuration will be verified before reloading (#715)

- Fixed HARD OK states triggering on the maximum check attempt (#757)

- Fix for CVE-2016-6209 (boo#989759) - The 'corewindow' parameter (as in bringing this to our attention go to Dawid Golunski (boo#1014637)

Solution

Update the affected nagios packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1003362

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1014637

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172794

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182398

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989759

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149530

File Name: openSUSE-2021-715.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2021

Updated: 1/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-theme-exfoliation, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-www, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-www-dch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-www-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6209, CVE-2020-13977