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CVE ID: CVE-2017-12847

Description: Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.

Test IDs: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140321 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2017.0437

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12847
BugTraq ID: 100403
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20

CVE ID:	CVE-2017-12847
Description:	Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140321 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2017.0437
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12847 BugTraq ID: 100403 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20