Improper Initialization Affecting nagios3 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-NAGIOS3-339872
  • published23 Aug 2017
  • disclosed23 Aug 2017

Introduced: 23 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12847  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 nagios3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nagios3 package and not the nagios3 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /pathname/nagios.lock" command.