Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13977
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the nagios4 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 13.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Nagios 4.4.5 allows an attacker, who already has administrative access to change the "URL for JSON CGIs" configuration setting, to modify the Alert Histogram and Trends code via crafted versions of the archivejson.cgi, objectjson.cgi, and statusjson.cgi files. NOTE: this vulnerability has been mistakenly associated with CVE-2020-1408.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nagios4 | 4.3.4-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13977 |
| Debian:13 | nagios4 | 4.3.4-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13977 |
| Debian:14 | nagios4 | 4.3.4-4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13977 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://anhtai.me/nagios-core-4-4-5-url-injection/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/sawolf/nagioscore/tree/url-injection-fix x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2021-b5e897a2e5 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-5689072a7e vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2021-01a2f76cc3 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA