CVE-2016-9566

high

Description

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.

References

Advisories
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94919

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/58

https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40921/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-51

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.html

https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/c29557dec91eba2306f5fb11b8da4474ba63f8c4

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402869

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037487

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-15

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H