CVE-2014-4703

Description

From CVE.org

lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of nagios-plugins as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.42.1N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Access ComplexityMediumLowN/A
AuthenticationSingleNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactCompletePartialN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactNoneNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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