CVE-2013-2029
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
nagios.upgrade_to_v3.sh, as distributed by Red Hat and possibly others for Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary nagioscfg file with a predictable name in /tmp/.
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Statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in OpenStack 2.1 (Folsom). For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 (nagios) | RHSA-2013:1526 | 2013-11-18 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 2.1 | nagios | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | nagios | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Grant Murphy of the Red Hat Product Security Team.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation