vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9566: Security patch for nagios (ALAS-2017-899)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 15, 2016 | Oct 3, 2017 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 15, 2016
Added
Oct 3, 2017
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-nagios
References
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0211
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0212
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0213
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0214
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0258
- REDHAT-RHSA-2017:0259
- AMAZON-ALAS-2017-899
- BID-94919
- SECTRACK-1037487
- GENTOO-GLSA-201612-51
- GENTOO-GLSA-201702-26
- GENTOO-GLSA-201710-20
- NVD-CVE-2016-9566
- DEBIAN-DLA-751-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3253-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3253-2
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