Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2017.0437
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0437)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'nagios' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0437 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'nagios' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0437 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was found that nagios daemon creates its PID file after dropping privileges, which allows to change its content by non-root user with PID of any other process, resulting into denial-of-service when daemon is stopped (CVE-2017-12847). Note that the nagios package on Mageia 5 is no longer supported. Users of this package should upgrade to Mageia 6. Affected Software/OS: 'nagios' package(s) on Mageia 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.3 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12847 BugTraq ID: 100403 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
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