Insecure Temporary File Affecting nagios package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-NAGIOS-9839780
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed30 Apr 2013

Introduced: 30 Apr 2013

CVE-2013-2029  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 nagios.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nagios package and not the nagios package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

nagios.upgrade_to_v3.sh, as distributed by Red Hat and possibly others for Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary nagioscfg file with a predictable name in /tmp/.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1