CVE-2014-4701 (GCVE-0-2014-4701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The check_dhcp plugin in Nagios Plugins before 2.0.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from INI configuration files via the extra-opts flag, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-4702.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33387 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
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| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/74 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67433 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/58751 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://nagios-plugins.org/nagios-plugins-2-0-2-re… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-check_d… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2014-05-15 00:00
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