UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16933

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16933
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16933.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16933
Upstream
Published
2017-11-24T05:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:36Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / icinga2

Package

Name
icinga2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/icinga2@2.4.1-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.8-1build1
2.3.11-1
2.4.0-1
2.4.1-1
2.4.1-2
2.4.1-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-classicui",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-common",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-ido-mysql",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-ido-pgsql",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-studio",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libicinga2",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vim-icinga2",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-2ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / icinga2

Package

Name
icinga2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/icinga2@2.8.1-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.0-1
2.8.1-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-classicui",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-common",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-ido-mysql",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-ido-pgsql",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "icinga2-studio",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libicinga2",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vim-icinga2",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-0ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}