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GLSA-200711-11 : Nagios Plugins: Two buffer overflows
medium Nessus Plugin ID 27846
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-11 (Nagios Plugins: Two buffer overflows)fabiodds reported a boundary checking error in the 'check_snmp' plugin when processing SNMP 'GET' replies that could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2007-5623). Nobuhiro Ban reported a boundary checking error in the redir() function of the 'check_http' plugin when processing HTTP 'Location:' header information which might lead to a buffer overflow (CVE-2007-5198).
Impact :
A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Nagios or cause a Denial of Service by (1) sending a specially crafted SNMP 'GET' reply to the Nagios daemon or (2) sending an overly long string in the 'Location:' header of an HTTP reply. Note that to exploit (2), the malicious or compromised web server has to be configured in Nagios and the '-f' (follow) option has to be enabled.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All users of the Nagios Plugins should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/nagios-plugins-1.4.10-r1'
See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 27846
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200711-11.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 11/9/2007
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.3
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nagios-plugins, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5198, CVE-2007-5623
CWE: 119
GLSA: 200711-11