Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201716933000
Revision Date
:
2017-11-24
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2017-16933 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description
:
etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to the $ICINGA2_USER account for creation of a link.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2017-16933
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
AND
The 'icinga2' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
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