Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting icinga2 package, versions <2.8.4-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-ICINGA2-5682359
  • published24 Nov 2017
  • disclosed24 Nov 2017

Introduced: 24 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 icinga2 to version 2.8.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icinga2 package and not the icinga2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.