Information disclosure in nagios-plugins - CVE-2014-4701
Published: December 5, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32507
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4701
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The check_dhcp 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-2014-4702.
Affected software
nagios-plugins
nagios-plugins (Alpine package)
nagios-plugins
Fedora
nagios-plugins (Alpine package)
nagios-plugins
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4701
Install update from vendor's website.
nagios-plugins (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.3-r0
nagios-plugins - addressed in versions 2.0.3-1.el6, 2.0.3-1.el7, 2.0.3-1.fc21, 2.0.3-1.fc22, 2.0.3-1.fc23
nagios-plugins - addressed in versions 2.0.3-1.el6, 2.0.3-1.el7, 2.0.3-1.fc21, 2.0.3-1.fc22, 2.0.3-1.fc23
External References
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-check_dhcp.txt
- http://nagios-plugins.org/nagios-plugins-2-0-2-released/?utm_source=Nagios.org&utm_medium=News+Post&utm_content=Nagios%20Plugins%202.0.2%20Released&utm_campaign=Nagios%20Plugins
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/74
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61319
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33387
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67433
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20141352-1.html