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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106473
Category:Web application abuses
Title:Nagios RCE Vulnerability
Summary:Nagios is prone to a remote command execution (RCE); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Nagios is prone to a remote command execution (RCE)
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The vulnerability is caused by the use of a vulnerable component for
handling RSS news feeds - MagpieRSS in Nagios Core control panel/front-end. The component is used by Nagios
front-end to load news feeds from remote feed source upon log-in. The component was found vulnerable to
CVE-2008-4796 which fix was incomplete.

Vulnerability Impact:
An attacker who manages to impersonate the feed source, may be able to
inject malicious parameters to curl command and effectively read/write arbitrary files on the target Nagios
server which finally may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected Software/OS:
Nagios before version 4.2.2.

Solution:
Update to version 4.2.2 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9565
BugTraq ID: 94922
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922
Bugtraq: 20161215 Nagios Core < 4.2.2 Curl Command Injection leading to Remote Code Execution [CVE-2016-9565] (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0211
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0212
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0213
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0214
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0258
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:0259
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
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