Debian DSA-2616-1 : nagios3 - buffer overflow in CGI scripts

high Nessus Plugin ID 64439

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A buffer overflow problem has been found in nagios3, a host/service/network monitoring and management system. A malicious client could craft a request to history.cgi and cause application crashes.

Solution

Upgrade the nagios3 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-2+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64439

File Name: debian_DSA-2616.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/4/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nagios3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2013

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Nagios3 history.cgi Host Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6096

BID: 56879

DSA: 2616

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