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FreeBSD : nagios -- web interface privilege escalation vulnerability (d4a358d3-e09a-11dd-a765-0030843d3802)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35344

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

securityfocus reports :

An attacker with low-level privileges may exploit this issue to bypass authorization and cause arbitrary commands to run within the context of the Nagios server. This may aid in further attacks.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/698-1/

https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/3x/

http://www.nessus.org/u?098ec3ee

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35344

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d4a358d3e09a11dda7650030843d3802.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 1/12/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nagios, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nagios2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5027

BID: 32156

CWE: 264

Secunia: 33320