Debian: CVE-2016-9566: icinga, nagios3 -- security update
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
12/15/2016
07/25/2018
03/31/2017
11/27/2024
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)
- debian-upgrade-icinga
- debian-upgrade-nagios3
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