Nagios 1.3/2.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Nagios 1.3/2.2. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-2162. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nagios 1.3/2.2 (Log Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4 and 2.x before 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative content length (Content-Length) HTTP header.

The bug was discovered 05/03/2006. The weakness was shared 05/03/2006 by Sebastian Krahmer with SuSE Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2162 since 05/03/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22614 (Debian DSA-1072-1 : nagios - buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.x eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2278.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26253), Tenable (22614), SecurityFocus (BID 17879†), OSVDB (25434†) and Secunia (SA19991†). The entry VDB-30325 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22614
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1072-1 : nagios - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 56790
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1072-1 (nagios)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nagios 1.x

Snort ID: 2278
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP client negative Content-Length attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Researcher: Sebastian Krahmer
Organization: SuSE Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30029
X-Force: 26253
SecurityFocus: 17879 - Nagios Remote Negative Content-Length Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 19991
OSVDB: 25434 - Nagios - Remote Negative Content-Length Buffer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11428 - Nagios Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution via a Negative Content Length HTTP Header, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1662

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/18/2019 06:35
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (79), 06/18/2019 06:35 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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