SUSE CVE-2016-9566

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...

nagios: Privilege escalation issue

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way Nagios handled log files. An attacker able to control the Nagios logging configuration the 'nagios' user/group could use this flaw to elevate their privileges to root...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9566

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...