Vulnerability CVE-2017-12847: Information
Description
Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
Severity: MEDIUM (6.3) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
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| nagios | sisyphus | 3.0.6-alt15 | 3.0.6-alt18 | ALT-PU-2021-1161-1 | 265368 | Fixed |
| nagios | p10 | 3.0.6-alt15 | 3.0.6-alt16 | ALT-PU-2021-1161-1 | 265368 | Fixed |
| nagios | p9 | 3.0.6-alt15 | 3.0.6-alt15 | ALT-PU-2021-1194-1 | 265376 | Fixed |
| nagios | c10f1 | 3.0.6-alt15 | 3.0.6-alt16 | ALT-PU-2021-1161-1 | 265368 | Fixed |
| nagios | c9f2 | 3.0.6-alt15 | 3.0.6-alt15 | ALT-PU-2021-1193-1 | 265377 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
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| https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/404 |
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| https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/3baffa78bafebbbdf9f448890ba5a952ea2d73cb |
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| https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/1b197346d490df2e2d3b1dcce5ac6134ad0c8752 |
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| https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelog |
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| 100403 |
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| GLSA-201710-20 |
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