| Name | CVE-2018-6533 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1. By editing the init.conf file, Icinga 2 can be run as root. Following this the program can be used to run arbitrary code as root. This was fixed by no longer using init.conf to determine account information for any root-executed code (a larger issue than CVE-2017-16933). |
| 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 | 897301 |
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 | | 897301 |
Notes
[stretch] - icinga2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - icinga2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2/pull/5850
CVE is related to CVE-2017-16933 but for "the issue in using
init.conf to support run-time reconfiguration of an account is
design flaw". CVE-2018-6533 larger issue than CVE-2017-16933.