SB2014050503 - Link following in TingPing plugins
Published: May 5, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014050503
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4215)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The IPXPING_COMMAND in contrib/check_ipxping.c in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/ipxping/ipxping.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.