CVE-2013-4214

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4214
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-23 17:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionrss-newsfeed.php in Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, when MAGPIE_CACHE_ON is set to 1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/magpie_cache.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

EPSS: 0.000470000 probability, percentile 0.143620000 (date 2026-04-29)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nagios Nagios 3.4.4 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Nagios CVE-2013-4214 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Nagios Core 4.x Version History - Nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nagios.org
958002 – (CVE-2013-4214) CVE-2013-4214 Nagios core: html/rss-newsfeed.php insecure temporary file usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2013-4214 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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