[ GLSA 202007-31 ] Icinga: Root privilege escalation

Sam James <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:26:45 +0100
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202007-31
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 Severity: High
    Title: Icinga: Root privilege escalation
     Date: July 27, 2020
     Bugs: #638186
       ID: 202007-31

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Synopsis
========

Icinga installs files with insecure permissions allowing root privilege
escalation.

Background
==========

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          < 1.14.2                 Vulnerable!
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     NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
           to another package if one is available or wait for the
           existing packages to be marked stable by their
           architecture maintainers.

Description
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It was discovered that Icinga's installed files have insecure
permissions, possibly allowing root privilege escalation.

Impact
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A local attacker could escalate privileges to root.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

Gentoo has discontinued support for Icinga. We recommend that users
unmerge Icinga:

  # emerge --unmerge "net-analyzer/icinga"

NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining Icinga have discontinued
support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer
will update Icinga at a later date. The natural replacement is Icinga 2
(net-analyzer/icinga2).

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-16882
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16882

Availability
============

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

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-31

Concerns?
=========

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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