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CVE-2016-9565 Details

Description

MagpieRSS, as used in the front-end component in Nagios Core before 4.2.2 might allow remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files by spoofing a crafted response from the Nagios RSS feed server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4796.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/	CVE
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/	[email protected]
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-284	Improper Access Control	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
nagios nagios	<= 4.2.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nagios:nagios:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 3, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 27, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 16, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]