CVE-2014-4703

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4703
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-05 16:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.

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-59 | 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 2.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Nagios Plugins 2.0.3 Released | Nagios Plugins af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nagios-plugins.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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 = 2.0.2 Race Condition af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Nagios Plugins Incomplete Fix CVE-2014-4703 Multiple Arbitrary File Access Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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