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CVE-2007-5198

Published: 4 October 2007

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
supplied debdiff in LP doesn't address (fixed in CVS before 1.4.11)
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
also has two DoS:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1729692&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://nagiosplug.cvs.sourceforge.net/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/plugins/sslutils.c?r1=1.3&r2=1.4 (no bug report, see the changelog)

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
nagios-plugins
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (1.4.2-5ubuntu3.1)
edgy
Released (1.4.3.0cvs.20060707-3ubuntu0.1)
feisty
Released (1.4.5-2ubuntu0.1)
gutsy
Released (1.4.8-2.1ubuntu1.1)
upstream
Released (1.4.11)