USN-3253-1: Nagios vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• nagios3 - host/service/network monitoring and management system

Details

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A
remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Nagios to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2013-7108, CVE-2013-7205)

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long messages to
cmd.cgi. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nagios to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-1878)

Dawid Golunski discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled symlinks when
accessing log files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
elevate privileges. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be
prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2016-9566)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10

• nagios3-cgi - 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu3.1
• nagios3-core - 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• nagios3-cgi - 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1
• nagios3-core - 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• nagios3-cgi - 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1
• nagios3-core - 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-7108
• CVE-2013-7205
• CVE-2014-1878
• CVE-2016-9566