CVE-2012-3457

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

PNP4Nagios 0.6 through 0.6.16 uses world-readable permissions for process_perfdata.cfg, which allows local users to obtain the Gearman shared secret by reading the file.

Affected products

Pnp4Nagios: 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5 (+9)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683879
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086161.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086387.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54863
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683879
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086161.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086387.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54863

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