SB2016123102 - Gentoo update for Icinga
Published: December 31, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016123102
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Symlink attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9566)
The vulnerability allows a local user obtain elevated privileges on vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to the application handles log files in unsafe manner. A local user with access to Nagios application (nagios account or member of nagios group) can cerate a specially crafted symlink to nagios log file and execute arbitrary command on vulnerable system with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a local user to obtain full access to vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.