Ethan Galstad Nagios up to 2.11 CGI cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Ethan Galstad Nagios (Log Management Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component CGI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CGI programs in Nagios before 2.12 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different issue than CVE-2007-5624 and CVE-2008-1360.

The bug was discovered 05/20/2008. The weakness was disclosed 05/20/2008 by LINUX with SUSE Linux Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-5803 since 11/05/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32470 (FreeBSD : Nagios -- XSS Vulnerability (fbd7aa81-2cc1-11dd-8cfb-00e0815b8da8)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sourceforge.net. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42522) and Tenable (32470).

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 32470
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Nagios -- XSS Vulnerability (fbd7aa81-2cc1-11dd-8cfb-00e0815b8da8)
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OpenVAS ID: 64866
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1883-1 (nagios2)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: sourceforge.net

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Researcher: LINUX
Organization: SUSE Linux Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5803 (🔍)
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X-Force: 42522 - Nagios CGI unspecified cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 18505 - Nagios Cross-site scripting (XSS) Allows Attacker to Inject Arbitrary Web Script or HTML, Medium
SecurityFocus: 29140 - Nagios Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 30283
OSVDB: 45359 - Nagios Unspecified CGI XSS
Vupen: ADV-2008-1567

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 06/19/2008 12:24
Updated: 08/11/2019 07:01
Changes: 06/19/2008 12:24 (94), 08/11/2019 07:01 (2)
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