CVE-2007-5198

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.46% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394 vdb entry
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
http://secunia.com/advisories/27609 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27124 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28930 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29862 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597 exploit
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27362 third party advisory
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5198?
CVE-2007-5198 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5198?
To fix CVE-2007-5198, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5198 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5198 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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