CVE-2017-12847

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12847
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-23 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionNagios 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-665

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
nagioscore/Changelog at master · NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
configure.ac: use /run/nagios.lock as the default lockfile path. · NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore@3baffa7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
nagios daemon should create its PID file before dropping privileges · Issue #404 · NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
halfway revert hack/configure changes - switch order of daemon_init/d… · NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore@1b19734 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Nagios CVE-2017-12847 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Nagios: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-20) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710486 Gentoo Linux NagInternetwork Operating System Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201710-20)

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