rss-newsfeed.php in Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, when MAGPIE_CACHE_ON is set to 1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/magpie_cache.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-4214 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 (nagios) | RHSA-2013:1526 | 2013-11-18 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 | nagios | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | nagios | Will not fix |
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