vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-16933): icinga2 vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 24, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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