PT-2014-3287 · Nagios+2 · Nagios Core+2

Published 2014-01-14 · Updated 2018-12-25 · CVE-2013-7205

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nagios Core versions 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier

Description The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the process cgivars function. This error can be triggered by a long string in the last key value in the variable list, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read. As a result, remote authenticated users may obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash.

Recommendations For Nagios Core versions 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk, although the specific fixed version is not provided in the available information. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2354

CVE-2013-7205

DLA-1615-1

MGASA-2014-0010

USN-3253-1

USN-3253-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Nagios Core

Ubuntu

References · 49

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/nagios3_history_cgi.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/nagios3_statuswml_ping.rb · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1878 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7205 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1615-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7205 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03479 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3253-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7205 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3253-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7108 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0010.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0010 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9566 · Security Note