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Unscored USN-3253-2 0 CVEs

nagios3 regression

Published Jun 7, 2017 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

USN-3253-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Nagios. The update prevented log files
from being displayed in the web interface. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A
remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Nagios to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2013-7108, CVE-2013-7205)

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long messages to
cmd.cgi. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nagios to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-1878)

Dawid Golunski discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled symlinks when
accessing log files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
elevate privileges. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be
prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2016-9566)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS nagios3 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS nagios3 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.3

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1690380