ghsa-9332-j4wp-2xcq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:45
Modified
2022-05-14 01:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9566"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-15T22:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file.  NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.",
  "id": "GHSA-9332-j4wp-2xcq",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:45:50Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:45:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9566"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/c29557dec91eba2306f5fb11b8da4474ba63f8c4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402869"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-9566.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-51"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40921"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/58"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94919"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037487"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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