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GLSA-201702-26 : Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97269

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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-201702-26 (Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 A local attacker, who either is already Nagios’s system user or belongs to Nagios’s group, could potentially escalate privileges.
 In addition, a remote attacker could read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server.
 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-4.2.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97269

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201702-26.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 2/21/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

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: 2/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4796, CVE-2008-7313, CVE-2016-8641, CVE-2016-9565, CVE-2016-9566

CWE: 94

GLSA: 201702-26