PT-2016-7779 · Nagios · Nagios Core

Dawid Golunski · Published 2016-12-15 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2016-9565

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nagios Core versions prior to 4.2.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. This is due to an incomplete fix for a previous issue.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.2.2, update to version 4.2.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9565

DLA-751-1

MGASA-2017-0045

RHSA-2017:0211

RHSA-2017:0212

RHSA-2017:0213

RHSA-2017:0214

RHSA-2017:0258

RHSA-2017:0259

Affected Products

Nagios Core

References · 27

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40920 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9565 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0045 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9565 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9565 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9565 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9565 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26 · Vendor Advisory