An Icinga security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

gentoo-announce: GLSA 202007-31 : Icinga: Root privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-31
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Icinga: Root privilege escalation
Date: July 27, 2020
Bugs: #638186
ID: 202007-31

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Synopsis
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Icinga installs files with insecure permissions allowing root privilege
escalation.

Background
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Icinga is an open source computer system and network monitoring
application. It was originally created as a fork of the Nagios system
monitoring application in 2009.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/icinga < 1.14.2 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.

Description
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It was discovered that Icinga's installed files have insecure
permissions, possibly allowing root privilege escalation.

Impact
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A local attacker could escalate privileges to root.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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Gentoo has discontinued support for Icinga. We recommend that users
unmerge Icinga:

# emerge --unmerge "net-analyzer/icinga"

NOTE: The Gentoo developer(s) maintaining Icinga have discontinued
support at this time. It may be possible that a new Gentoo developer
will update Icinga at a later date. The natural replacement is Icinga 2
(net-analyzer/icinga2).

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-16882
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16882

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-31

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
  https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5