CVE-2017-12847
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Summary
Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill cat /pathname/nagios.lock" command.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/3baffa78bafebbbdf9f448890ba5a952ea2d73cb
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/1b197346d490df2e2d3b1dcce5ac6134ad0c8752
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelog
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/404
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/3baffa78bafebbbdf9f448890ba5a952ea2d73cb
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/1b197346d490df2e2d3b1dcce5ac6134ad0c8752
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelog
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/404
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