Public bug reported: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS nagios3 and nagios3-cgi 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1
If install nagios3 package and then view Alert History, Notification History or Events pages (and maybe others), e.g.: http://localhost/cgi-bin/nagios3/history.cgi?host=localhost Then get this error: Error: Cannot open log file '/var/log/nagios3/nagios.log' for reading! This issue: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/303 ...suggests that this is caused by the fix for CVE-2016-9566: https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/commit/ff22fd0de4938781edcbd48512d2494ca3c9c41a ...which has been back ported to 3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1 according to: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/nagios3/+changelog The permissions and ownership of nagios.log are: $ ls -l /var/log/nagios3/nagios.log -rw------- 1 nagios adm 189 May 12 13:45 /var/log/nagios3/nagios.log ** Affects: nagios3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690380 Title: "Cannot open log file '/var/log/nagios3/nagios.log' for reading" error from nagios web UI when view alert history etc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nagios3/+bug/1690380/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
