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Critical
CVE-2016-9565
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 15th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.