VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-6582
Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by interpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number during a bzero call.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.97%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by interpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number during a bzero call.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.97% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-681, CWE-787
- Affected
- nagios/remote plug in executor · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/Third Party Advisory
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0001/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DNGKXVDB43E3KQRA6W5QZT3Z46XZLQM/
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/Third Party Advisory
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0001/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DNGKXVDB43E3KQRA6W5QZT3Z46XZLQM/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.