Check Point Advisories

NagiosXI Authentication Bypass (CVE-2018-8733)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-0700
Date Published:	12 Jul 2018
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Thursday 12 July, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-8733
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in NagiosQL. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow an unauthenticated attacker to make configuration changes and leverage an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability.

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 NagiosXI Authentication Bypass 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: NagiosXI Authentication Bypass