CVE-2014-4703

LOW 2.1CVE-2014-4703 · Published 05/12/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-4703 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting nagios (nagios).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nagios nagios	`= 2.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

lib/parse_ini.c in Nagios Plugins 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the configuration file in the extra-opts flag. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4701.

References

nagios-plugins.org/nagios-plugins-2-0-3-released · Patch
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/141 · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/6
securityfocus.com/bid/76810

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