VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-5198
Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10, when running with the -f (follow) option, allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via Location header responses (redirects) with a large number of leading…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 8.02%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10, when running with the -f (follow) option, allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via Location header responses (redirects) with a large number of leading "L" characters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.02% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- nagios/plugins
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597Exploit
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.