Nagios CVE-2017-12847 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	100403
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-12847
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 16 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 16 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Orlitzky
Vulnerable:	Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0 Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 Nagios Nagios 4.3.2 Nagios Nagios 4.2.3 Nagios Nagios 3.4.4 Nagios Nagios 3.2.4 Nagios Nagios 3.2.3 Nagios Nagios 3.2 Nagios Nagios 3.1.1 Nagios Nagios 3.0.6 Nagios Nagios 3.0.5 Nagios Nagios 3.0.4 Nagios Nagios 3.0.1 Nagios Nagios 2.3.1 Nagios Nagios 1.4.1 Nagios Nagios 1.2.2 Nagios Nagios 4.2.4 Nagios Nagios 4.2.2 Nagios Nagios 4.0.2 Nagios Nagios 4.0.1 Nagios Nagios 3.5.1 Nagios Nagios 3.4.3 Nagios Nagios 3.4.2 Nagios Nagios 3.4.1 Nagios Nagios 3.4.0 Nagios Nagios 3.3.1 Nagios Nagios 3.2.2 Nagios Nagios 3.2.1 Nagios Nagios 3.1.2 Nagios Nagios 3.1.0 Nagios Nagios 3.0.3 Nagios Nagios 3.0.2 Nagios Nagios 2.9 Nagios Nagios 2.8 Nagios Nagios 2.7 Nagios Nagios 2.5 Nagios Nagios 2.4 Nagios Nagios 2.3 Nagios Nagios 2.2 Nagios Nagios 2.12 Nagios Nagios 2.11 Nagios Nagios 2.10 Nagios Nagios 2.1 Nagios Nagios 2.0 Nagios Nagios 1.4 Nagios Nagios 1.3 Nagios Nagios 1.1 Nagios Nagios 1.0
Not Vulnerable:	Nagios Nagios 4.3.3

Nagios CVE-2017-12847 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Nagios is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers may exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges. Failed exploit attempts will result in denial-of-service conditions.

Nagios CVE-2017-12847 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Nagios CVE-2017-12847 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Nagios CVE-2017-12847 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• CVE-2017-12847 (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2017-12847: nagios-core privilege escalation via PID file manipulation (Seclists.org)
  
• nagios daemon should create its PID file before dropping privileges #404 (nagioscore)
  
• Nagios Homepage (Nagios)
  
• Bug 1482479 - (CVE-2017-12847) CVE-2017-12847 nagios: Incorrect permissions for (Redhat)