CVE-2007-5623

Description

Buffer overflow in the check_snmp function in Nagios Plugins (nagios-plugins) 1.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted snmpget replies.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.94% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26215 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27609 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=348731
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28930 third party advisory
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/27496 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00010.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27419 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3629 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=397597&aid=1815362&group_id=29880
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196308
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00011.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5623?
CVE-2007-5623 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5623?
To fix CVE-2007-5623, 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-2007-5623 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-5623 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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