CVE-2016-9565

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: December 15, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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 v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
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

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140169/Nagios-Core-Curl-Command-Injection-Code-Execution.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0211.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0212.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0213.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0214.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0258.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0259.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/57
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539925/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94922
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037488
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nagios-Exploit-Command-Injection-CVE-2016-9565-2008-4796.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-26
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-20
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40920/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.nagios.org/projects/nagios-core/history/4x/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

32 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
22.7%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

Affected Vendors

nagios

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