Nagios up to 4.2.1 MagpieRSS fetch access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Nagios up to 4.2.1 (Log Management Software). This affects the function fetch of the component MagpieRSS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 12/15/2016. The weakness was published 12/15/2016 by Dawid Golunski (Website). The advisory is shared at legalhackers.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-9565 since 11/22/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Dawid Golunski in Python. The exploit is shared for download at legalhackers.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 900014 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277693 (Fedora Security Update for nagios (FEDORA-2017-d270e932a3)).

Upgrading to version 4.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (900014) and Exploit-DB (40921). Further details are available at seclists.org. Similar entries are available at 94546, 99135, 105677 and 106412.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Dawid Golunski
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Nessus ID: 900014
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OpenVAS ID: 800068
OpenVAS Name: Nagios Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nagios 4.2.2

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Advisory: 140169
Researcher: Dawid Golunski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9565 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037488
SecurityFocus: 94922 - Nagios Core CVE-2016-9565 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 12/16/2016 15:37
Updated: 10/12/2022 07:31
Changes: 12/16/2016 15:37 (79), 07/10/2019 06:29 (7), 10/12/2022 07:26 (4), 10/12/2022 07:31 (1)
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