Debian Security Advisory
DLA-751-1 nagios3 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 17 Dec 2016
- Affected Packages:
- nagios3
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-9565, CVE-2016-9566.
- More information:
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Nagios was found to be vulnerable to two security issues that, when combined, lead to a remote root code execution vulnerability. Fortunately, the hardened permissions of the Debian package limit the effect of those to information disclosure, but privilege escalation to root is still possible locally.
- CVE-2016-9565
Improper sanitization of RSS feed input enables unauthenticated remote read and write of arbitrary files which may lead to remote code execution if the web root is writable.
- CVE-2016-9566
Unsafe logfile handling allows unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root. In wheezy, this is possible only through the debug logfile which is disabled by default.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.1-3+deb7u3.We recommend that you upgrade your nagios3 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2016-9565