#1119147 nagios4: Default config causes information to be sent to api.nagios.org, which caused segfaults

Package:
nagios4
Source:
nagios4
Description:
host/service/network monitoring and management system
Submitter:
villa
Date:
2026-08-06 19:13:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1119147#5
Date:
2025-10-27 16:07:50 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

After running into segfaulting nagioses last Friday, I found that this
was caused by a combination "check_for_updates=1" in the default Debian
/etc/nagios4/nagios.cfg, and a faulty API response:
https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore/issues/1041

I believe this parameter should be set to 0 in the default Debian
config, as it would prevent nagios from phoning home and submitting
information. But it would also prevent nagios from crashing on bugs in
the code that handles the phoning home.