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 product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagios | Nagios | * | 4.2.1 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 | RedHat | nagios-0:3.5.1-9.el6 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | RedHat | nagios-0:3.5.1-9.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | RedHat | nagios-0:3.5.1-9.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | RedHat | nagios-0:3.5.1-9.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | RedHat | nagios-0:3.5.1-9.el6 | * |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7 | RedHat | nagios-0:3.5.1-9.el7 | * |
| Nagios3 | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Nagios3 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: