Link Following Affecting nagios-common package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Snyk has a published code exploit for this vulnerability.
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- published27 Mar 2023
- disclosed22 Nov 2016
Introduced: 22 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-8641 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 nagios-common.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nagios-common package and not the nagios-common package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in nagios 4.2.x that occurs in daemon-init.in when creating necessary files and insecurely changing the ownership afterwards. It's possible for the local attacker to create symbolic links before the files are to be created and possibly escalating the privileges with the ownership change.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8641
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95121
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8641
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/f2ed227673d3b2da643eb5cad26b2d87674f28c1.patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40774/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40774