DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16933

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16933

    Published: 24 Nov 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16933

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16933

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: icinga2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/icinga2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.4-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High