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CVE-2013-2029 (GCVE-0-2013-2029)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-11-23 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:20
VLAI
Summary
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/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1526.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=958015 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2013-11-18 00:00
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