AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl code as root, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/ | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/ |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 03:30
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/ - |
Information
Published : 2017-03-22 20:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:30
NVD link : CVE-2017-6972
Mitre link : CVE-2017-6972
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6972
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Products Affected
alienvault
- unified_security_management
- ossim
nfsen
- nfsen
CWE
CWE-273
Improper Check for Dropped Privileges