CVE-2016-9566

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40921/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94919
• https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/c29557dec91eba2306f5fb11b8da4474ba63f8c4
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-51
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
• https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037487
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/58
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402869
• https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-9566.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html

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