CVE-2014-4701

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4701
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-05 16:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe check_dhcp plugin in Nagios Plugins before 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from INI configuration files via the extra-opts flag, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4702.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 Released | Nagios Plugins af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nagios-plugins.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA58751 - Nagios Plugins check_icmp and check_dhcp "extra-opts" Information Disclosure Security Issues - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
check_dhcp - Nagios Plugins <= 2.0.1 - Arbitrary Option File Read af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: nagios check_dhcp plug-in: read parts of INI config files belonging to root af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Full Disclosure: check_dhcp - Nagios Plugins <= 2.0.1 Arbitrary Option File Read af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Security Advisory SA61319 - SUSE update for nagios-plugins - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE-SU-2014:1352-1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suse.com
legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-check_dhcp.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 legalhackers.com Exploit
Nagios Plugins Multiple Arbitrary File Access Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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