SB2020042206 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Nagios XI



SB2020042206 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Nagios XI

Published: April 22, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020042206
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 25% Medium 75%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: N/A)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in CCM test command function in command_test.php. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

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


2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: N/A)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in RRD exporting script export-rrd.php. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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


3) SQL injection (CVE-ID: N/A)

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 "orderby" paramenter in the "index.php" script. A remote attacker can send a 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.


4) Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restriction.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure CORS policy that allows a remote attacker to send HTTP requests from arbitrary domain name within the API. A remote non-authenticated attacker can bypass browser security restrictions and send requests to the API endpoints on behalf of the victim.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.