CVE-2013-2029

Red Hat OpenStack - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Attack on Temporary Nagios Configuration File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

nagios.upgrade_to_v3.sh, as distributed by Red Hat and possibly others for Nagios Core 3.4.4, 3.5.1, and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary nagioscfg file with a predictable name in /tmp/.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1526.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=958015

Scores

EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 27.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
redhat/openstack 3.0
Published Nov 23, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026