CVE-2017-14312

NameCVE-2017-14312
DescriptionNagios Core through 4.3.4 initially executes /usr/sbin/nagios as root but supports configuration options in which this file is owned by a non-root account (and similarly can have nagios.cfg owned by a non-root account), which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this non-root account.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nagios3source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- nagios3 <not-affected> (Doesn't affect Nagios as packaged in Debian)
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/424
State is not fully correct, since "affected" source would be there.
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