A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way Nagios handled log files. An attacker able to control the Nagios logging configuration (the 'nagios' user/group) could use this flaw to elevate their privileges to root.
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| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0211 | 2017-01-31 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0213 | 2017-01-31 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-7 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0258 | 2017-02-07 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Nagios 3.1 on RHEL-6 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0259 | 2017-02-07 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-6 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0259 | 2017-02-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0212 | 2017-01-31 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0214 | 2017-01-31 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Nagios 3.1 on RHEL-7 (nagios) | RHSA-2017:0258 | 2017-02-07 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | nagios | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | nagios | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | nagios | Not affected |
| Red Hat Mobile Application Platform On-Premise 4 | nagios | Affected |
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