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/.
Published: 2013-11-23
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-2016 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/.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.565Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-2029

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-11-23T17:55:03.417

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-2029

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-2029 - Bugzilla

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