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CVE-2016-9566

by Fred · 15/12/2016

base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.

Date published : 2016-12-15

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94919

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402869

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