"Cannot open log file '/var/log/nagios3/nagios.log' for reading" error from nagios web UI when view alert history etc.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nagios3 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Marc Deslauriers | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Marc Deslauriers | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Marc Deslauriers | ||
Yakkety |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Marc Deslauriers | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Marc Deslauriers | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Marc Deslauriers |
Bug Description
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
nagios3 and nagios3-cgi 3.5.1.dfsg-
If install nagios3 package and then view Alert History, Notification History or Events pages (and maybe others), e.g.:
http://
Then get the following error in place of the information that should be there:
Error: Cannot open log file '/var/log/
This issue:
https:/
...suggests that this is caused by the fix for CVE-2016-9566:
https:/
...which has been back ported to 3.5.1.dfsg-
https:/
The permissions and ownership of nagios.log are:
$ ls -l /var/log/
-rw------- 1 nagios adm 189 May 12 13:45 /var/log/
CVE References
description: | updated |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
assignee: | nobody → Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Artful): | |
assignee: | nobody → Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in nagios3 (Ubuntu Artful): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Subscribing ubuntu-security to evaluate if this is really a regression-update bug due to CVEs.