Link following in plugins - CVE-2013-4215

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Link following in plugins - CVE-2013-4215

Published: May 5, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41724
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4215
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TingPing
Affected software:
plugins

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-4215

Install update from vendor's website.

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