Integer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4.1 and 2.x before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Description

Integer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4.1 and 2.x before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a content length (Content-Length) HTTP header. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2162.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• GLSA-200605-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• nagios-contentlength-overflow(26454) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-287-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 20313 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 18059 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20123 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20247 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1822 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:51 UTC.