Nagios up to 2.0.0 Configuration File information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nagios up to 2.0.0 (Log Management Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component Configuration File. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 12/05/2014 by Dawid Golunski (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nagios-plugins.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4701 since 06/30/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Dawid Golunski and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 172 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78856 (SuSE 11.3 Security Update : nagios-plugins (SAT Patch Number 9830)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123905 (Fedora Security Update for nagios-plugins (FEDORA-2015-12853)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (78856) and Exploit-DB (33387). The entries 73109 and 73108 are pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Dawid Golunski
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Nessus ID: 78856
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.3 Security Update : nagios-plugins (SAT Patch Number 9830)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for nagios-plugins FEDORA-2015-12987
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nagios 2.0.1

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05/16/2014 🔍
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06/24/2014 +39 days 🔍
06/30/2014 +6 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +108 days 🔍
04/07/2022 +2568 days 🔍

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Advisory: nagios-plugins.org
Researcher: Dawid Golunski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4701 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 47482 - Nagios Plugins <2.0.2 Local Information Disclosure via the Extra-opts Flag - CVE-2014-4701, Low
SecurityFocus: 67433 - Nagios Plugins Multiple Arbitrary File Access Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 58751 - Nagios Plugins check_icmp and check_dhcp "extra-opts" Information Disclosure Sec, Not Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/07/2022 09:39
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (62), 06/14/2017 13:21 (24), 04/07/2022 09:39 (3)
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