Check Point Advisories

Nagios XI SQL Injection (CVE-2018-8734)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0594
Date Published:	12 Jul 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 11 July, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-8734
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Nagios XI <= 5.2.7
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability exists in Nagios XI. It allows an authenticated remote attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, allowing for the manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Nagios XI SQL Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
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 SQL Injection