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CVE-2016-9565 Detail

Current Description

MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/15/2016
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Access Control (CWE-284)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (including) 4.2.1

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9565
NVD Published Date:
12/15/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2018