CVE catalog
CVE-2016-9566
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9566
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.88% · Oct 25, 2026
base/logging.c in Nagios Core before 4.2.4 allows local users with access to an account in the nagios group to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the log file. NOTE: this can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2016-9565.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nagios3 | 7 | 3.4.1-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nagios3 | 7 | 3.4.1-3+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nagios3 | 7 | 3.4.1-3+deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nagios3 | 7 | 3.4.1-3+deb7u3 | fixed |
| Suse | grafana-ha-cluster-dashboards | manager client tools 12 | 1.1.0+git.1605027022.a84d536-1.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | grafana-sap-netweaver-dashboards | manager client tools 12 | 1.0.3+git.1601889366.9f71957-1.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | grafana-sap-providers | manager client tools 12 | 1.1-1.7.1 | fixed |
| Suse | hwdata | manager client tools 12 | 0.314-10.14.1 | fixed |
| Suse | icinga | manager client tools 12 | 1.13.3-12.8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | manager client tools 12 | 2.0-1.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | zeromq | manager client tools 12 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | grafana-ha-cluster-dashboards | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.1.0+git.1605027022.a84d536-1.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | grafana-sap-netweaver-dashboards | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.0.3+git.1601889366.9f71957-1.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | grafana-sap-providers | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.1-1.7.1 | fixed |
| Suse | icinga | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.13.3-12.8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | manager client tools 12-beta | 2.0-1.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | zeromq | manager client tools 12-beta | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | zeromq | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | linux enterprise module for containers 12 | 2.0-1.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | zeromq | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 2.0-1.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 2.0-1.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | zeromq | linux enterprise workstation extension 12 sp5 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | fixed |
| Suse | icinga | manager client tools 12 | 1.13.3-12.6.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 14.04 | 3.4.1-5ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 14.04 | 3.4.1-5ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 14.04 | 3.5.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 14.04 | 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 16.04 | 3.5.1-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 16.04 | 3.5.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 16.04 | 3.5.1.dfsg-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 16.04 | 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | 16.04 | 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nagios3 | deb | 7 | 3.4.1-3+deb7u3 | Not reported | DLA-751-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | grafana-ha-cluster-dashboards | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 1.1.0+git.1605027022.a84d536-1.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | grafana-sap-netweaver-dashboards | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 1.0.3+git.1601889366.9f71957-1.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | grafana-sap-providers | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 1.1-1.7.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | hwdata | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 0.314-10.14.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | icinga | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 1.13.3-12.8.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 2.0-1.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | zeromq | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | grafana-ha-cluster-dashboards | rpm | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.1.0+git.1605027022.a84d536-1.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | grafana-sap-netweaver-dashboards | rpm | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.0.3+git.1601889366.9f71957-1.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | grafana-sap-providers | rpm | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.1-1.7.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | icinga | rpm | manager client tools 12-beta | 1.13.3-12.8.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | rpm | manager client tools 12-beta | 2.0-1.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | zeromq | rpm | manager client tools 12-beta | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | zeromq | rpm | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | rpm | linux enterprise module for containers 12 | 2.0-1.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | zeromq | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 2.0-1.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | sysuser-tools | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 2.0-1.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | zeromq | rpm | linux enterprise workstation extension 12 sp5 | 4.0.4-15.8.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | icinga | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 1.13.3-12.6.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2022:3576-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | deb | 14.04 | 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9566 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | nagios3 | deb | 16.04 | 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9566 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2022_3576-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-751-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3576-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1629-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9566]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-9566.json]
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