CVE-2020-14004 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-14004: An issue was discovered in Icinga2 before v2.12.0-rc1. The prepare-dirs script (run as part of the icinga2 systemd service) executes chmod 2750 /run/icinga2/cmd. /run/icinga2 is under control of an unprivileged user by default. If /run/icinga2/cmd is a symlink, then it will by followed and arbitrary

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-14004 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

icinga2→ fixed in2.11.5-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y icinga2
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

icinga2→ fixed in2.11.5-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y icinga2
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

icinga2→ fixed in2.11.5-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y icinga2
```

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