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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2016-9565 EUVD-2016-10371GHSA-828p-3vwg-wc22

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 …

Published Dec 15, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 7 nagios3 3.4.1-3+deb7u3 DLA-751-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat OpenStack 7 nagios +1 3.5.1-9.el7 RHSA-2017:0214
Red Hat OpenStack 6 nagios +1 3.5.1-9.el7 RHSA-2017:0213
Red Hat OpenStack 5 nagios +2 3.5.1-9.el6 RHSA-2017:0212, RHSA-2017:0211
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 nagios +2 3.5.1-9.el6 RHSA-2017:0259, RHSA-2017:0258

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 8

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