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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201806-09
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: PNP4Nagios: Root privilege escalation
Date: June 24, 2018
Bugs: #637640
ID: 201806-09

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in PNP4Nagios which may allow local attackers to gain
root privileges.

Background
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PNP4Nagios is an addon for the Nagios Network Monitoring System.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/pnp4nagios < 0.6.26-r9 >= 0.6.26-r9

Description
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It was found that PHP4Nagios creates files owned by an unprivileged
user that are used by root.

Impact
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A local attacker could escalate privileges to root.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All PNP4Nagios users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=net-analyzer/pnp4nagios-0.6.26-r9”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-16834
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16834

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-09

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

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