CVE-2007-5198 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.02% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-10-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nagios | plugins |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nagios Plugins 1.4.2/1.4.9 - Location Header Remote Buffer Overflow | 2007-07-16 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html
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