CVE-2014-2913
Published: 7 May 2014
** DISPUTED ** Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpe.c in Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) 2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the -a option to libexec/check_nrpe. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple parties. It has been reported that the vendor allows newlines as "expected behavior." Also, this issue can only occur when the administrator enables the "dont_blame_nrpe" option in nrpe.conf despite the "HIGH security risk" warning within the comments.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | I marked this 'low' because arguments are discouraged for many environments, access to NRPE can be restricted with firewalling or other user access controls, and this might plausibly be a feature. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
nagios-nrpe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| bionic |
Needed
|
|
| cosmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| focal |
Needed
|
|
| groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| jammy |
Needed
|
|
| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
| lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
| mantic |
Needed
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| quantal |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| saucy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
|
|
| upstream |
Needed
|
|
| utopic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| vivid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| wily |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(2.15-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|