CVE-2014-4703

NameCVE-2014-4703
Descriptionlib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
monitoring-plugins (PTS)jessie2.1.1-1fixed
stretch2.2-3fixed
buster2.2-6fixed
bullseye2.3.1-1fixed
bookworm2.3.3-5+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2.3.5-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
monitoring-pluginssource(unstable)(not affected)
nagios-pluginssource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- nagios-plugins <not-affected> (incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701 not applied)
check_dhcp is not installed with root suid permissions in Debian
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/141
Introduced due to incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701 in 2.0.2.
- monitoring-plugins <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, fix for CVE-2014-4701 adressed differently directly by dropping privileges)

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