CVE-2017-12847
N/A
Published: August 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNagios
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
Nagios Core before 4.3.3 creates a nagios.lock PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for nagios.lock modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname/nagios.lock`" command.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelog
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/1b197346d490df2e2d3b1dcce5ac6134ad0c8752
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/3baffa78bafebbbdf9f448890ba5a952ea2d73cb
- https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/404
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100403x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/blob/master/Changelogx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/1b197346d490df2e2d3b1dcce5ac6134ad0c8752x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/3baffa78bafebbbdf9f448890ba5a952ea2d73cbx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/404Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-665
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