Vulnerability CVE-2007-5198
Published: 2007-10-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Nagios -> Plugins 

 References:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
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