Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201695660000000
Revision Date:2016-12-15Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-9566 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-9566
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND nagios3 package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1').
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