Link following in Nagios - CVE-2014-4703
Published: December 5, 2014 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33657
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4703
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: nagios.org
Affected software:
Nagios
Nagios
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4703
Install update from vendor's website.