Vulnerability in Nagios
CVE-2016-9565
MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.227 (97.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.227 · newest: 0.227 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html (vendor-advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Ex… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/ (exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9565?
- CVE-2016-9565 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nagios, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-15.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9565?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-9565 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.