CVE-2017-12847

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.

Weakness classification

• CWE-665: Improper Initialization

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory