Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-16834: PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
11/15/2017
07/25/2018
06/25/2018
06/25/2018
Description
PNP4Nagios through 0.6.26 has /usr/bin/npcd and npcd.cfg owned by an unprivileged account but root code execution depends on these files, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this unprivileged account.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-pnp4nagios
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