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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201612-51
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Icinga: Privilege escalation
     Date: December 31, 2016
     Bugs: #603534
       ID: 201612-51

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Icinga could lead to privilege escalation.

Background
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Icinga is an open source computer system and network monitoring
application. It was originally created as a fork of the Nagios system
monitoring application in 2009.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/icinga          < 1.13.4                  >= 1.13.4 

Description
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Icinga daemon was found to perform unsafe operations when handling the
log file.

Impact
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A local attacker, who either is already Icinga's system user or belongs
to Icinga's group, could potentially escalate privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Icinga users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/icinga-1.13.4"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9566
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9566

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-51

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5