SB2019040904 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Nagios XI 

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SB2019040904 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Nagios XI

Published: April 9, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019040904
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 25% Medium 50% Low 25%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9167)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the xiwindow parameter.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) Incorrect default permissions (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9166)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect default permissions for "config.inc.php" and "import_xiconfig.php" files. A local user with access to the system can modify files and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privleges.


3) OS command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9164)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the Autodiscovery script. A remote authenticated attacker can create and run a new Autodiscovery job that executes arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


4) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9165)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the API when using fusekeys and malicious user id. A remote attacker can send a specially specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References