CVE-2017-16933

NameCVE-2017-16933
Descriptionetc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs883247

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
icinga2 (PTS)bullseye2.12.3-1fixed
bookworm2.13.6-2+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.14.2-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
icinga2source(unstable)2.8.4-1low883247

Notes

[stretch] - icinga2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - icinga2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/issues/5793
CVE is for the unsafe use of chown(1)

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