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CVE-2016-9565

Published: 15 December 2016

MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.

Notes

AuthorNote
ratliff
80_dont_call_home.patch removes RSS news feeds and update checks

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
nagios3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [3.5.1-1ubuntu1])
xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

precise Ignored
(end of life)
upstream
Released (3.5.1-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H