Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9566: Security patch for nagios (ALAS-2017-899)
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
12/15/2016
07/25/2018
10/03/2017
10/14/2022
Description
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-nagios
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