vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-3253-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-3253-1",
  "summary": "nagios3 vulnerabilities",
  "details": "It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A\nremote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Nagios to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive\ninformation. (CVE-2013-7108, CVE-2013-7205)\n\nIt was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long messages to\ncmd.cgi. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nagios to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-1878)\n\nDawid Golunski discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled symlinks when\naccessing log files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\nelevate privileges. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be\nprevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2016-9566)\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7108",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7205",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1878",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9566"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2017-04-03T17:42:28Z",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:06Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "nagios3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nagios3@3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.4.1-5ubuntu2",
        "3.4.1-5ubuntu3",
        "3.5.1-1ubuntu1"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3-cgi",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3-common",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3-core",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2013-7108",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2013-7205",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-1878",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-9566",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "nagios3",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nagios3@3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.5.1-1ubuntu4",
        "3.5.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "3.5.1.dfsg-2ubuntu2",
        "3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3-cgi",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3-common",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nagios3-core",
            "binary_version": "3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2013-7108",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2013-7205",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-1878",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-9566",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3253-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7108"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7205"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1878"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9566"
    }
  ]
}