Check Point Advisories

Nagios XI API Key Regeneration Privilege Escalation (CVE-2018-15711)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-0260
Date Published: 19 Feb 2019
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 04 March, 2019
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-15711
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API component of Nagios XI. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the target system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Nagios XI API Key Regeneration Privilege Escalation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Nagios XI API Key Regeneration Privilege Escalation

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