CVE-2014-4703

2014-12-0500:00:00

ubuntu.com

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

JSON

lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain
sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the
extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete
fix for CVE-2014-4701.

Notes

Author	Note
seth-arnold	Ubuntu wasn’t affected by CVE-2014-4701; further, Ubuntu’s default kernels include Yama-based symlink and hardlink restrictions making the race much less useful. Marked not-affected because we haven’t yet applied fix for CVE-2014-4701.