{
    "id": "CVE-2007-5198",
    "published": "2007-10-04 17:17:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:45:38",
    "cvss_score": "6.8",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.08017",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94588",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:06",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "nagios",
            "product": "plugins"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "30646",
            "title": "Nagios Plugins 1.4.2/1.4.9 - Location Header Remote Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2007-07-16",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30646"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}