{"id":"USN-3253-2","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"nagios3 regression","description":"USN-3253-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Nagios. The update prevented log files\nfrom being displayed in the web interface. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A\n remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Nagios to\n crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive\n information. (CVE-2013-7108, CVE-2013-7205)\n \n It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long messages to\n cmd.cgi. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nagios to\n crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-1878)\n \n Dawid Golunski discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled symlinks when\n accessing log files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\n elevate privileges. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be\n prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2016-9566)","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2017-06-07T16:52:16Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:06Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"nagios3","fixed_in":["3.5.1-1ubuntu1.3"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"nagios3","fixed_in":["3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.3"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"nagios3","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.1-1ubuntu1.3"}]}],"versions":["3.4.1-5ubuntu2","3.4.1-5ubuntu3","3.5.1-1ubuntu1","3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"nagios3","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.3"}]}],"versions":["3.5.1-1ubuntu4","3.5.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1","3.5.1.dfsg-2ubuntu2","3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1","3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1","3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.2"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3253-2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1690380","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-3253-2","title":"nagios3 regression","description":"USN-3253-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Nagios. The update prevented log files\nfrom being displayed in the web interface. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A\n remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Nagios to\n crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive\n information. (CVE-2013-7108, CVE-2013-7205)\n \n It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long messages to\n cmd.cgi. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nagios to\n crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-1878)\n \n Dawid Golunski discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled symlinks when\n accessing log files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\n elevate privileges. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be\n prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2016-9566)\n","status":"published","published":"2017-06-07T16:52:16Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:06Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"}]}}