Upstream information

CVE-2017-12847 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.3 4.6
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity Medium Low
Authentication None Single
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact Complete None
Availability Impact Complete Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.3 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1054163 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • nagios >= 4.4.6-2.5
  • nagios-contrib >= 4.4.6-2.5
  • nagios-devel >= 4.4.6-2.5
  • nagios-theme-exfoliation >= 4.4.6-2.5
  • nagios-www >= 4.4.6-2.5
  • nagios-www-dch >= 4.4.6-2.5
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA nagios-4.4.6-2.5


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Bootstrap Kit 12 nagios Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 nagios Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 nagios Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 nagios Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS nagios Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS nagios Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 nagios Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS nagios Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 nagios Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 nagios Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Aug 16 18:41:21 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:59:26 2023