Gentoo FoundationGLSA-201710-20Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.929 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.0%
Background
Nagios is an open source host, service and network monitoring program.
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Nagios. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Impact
A remote attacker could possibly escalate privileges to root, thus allowing the execution of arbitrary code, by leveraging CVE-2016-9565. Additionally, a local attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition against arbitrary processes due to the improper dropping of privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/nagios-core-4.3.3"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | net-analyzer/nagios-core | < 4.3.3 | UNKNOWN |
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.929 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.0%