| Name | CVE-2017-16933 |
| Description | etc/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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 883247 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| icinga2 (PTS) | jessie | 2.1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.6.0-2+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.10.3-2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.12.3-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.12.3-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.13.6-2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.14.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| icinga2 | source | (unstable) | 2.8.4-1 | low | | 883247 |
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)