CVE-2007-5198

Published Oct 4, 2007

Last updated 14 years ago

Overview

Description: Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10, when running with the -f (follow) option, allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via Location header responses (redirects) with a large number of leading "L" characters.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.8
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nagios:plugins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "53B34E8C-362F-42ED-AC52-CB7AD3E7461E",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.4.9"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References