CVE-2014-8994

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nagios and Icinga check diskio plugin versions 3.2.6 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name, specifically targeting the tmp/check diskio status-- file.

Recommendations For check diskio plugin versions 3.2.6 and earlier, consider restricting access to the temporary files used by the plugin to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.