Information disclosure in nagios-plugins (Alpine package)

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU32508

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4702

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The check_icmp plugin in Nagios Plugins before 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from INI configuration files via the extra-opts flag, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4701.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nagios-plugins (Alpine package): 1.4.16-r8 - 2.0.3-r0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:nagios-plugins_alpine_package:1.4.16-r8:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.7
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:nagios-plugins_alpine_package:2.0.3-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:3.0

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e5d5393c403555c37e4a36861821a0dceab2316a

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.