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Nagios Plugins Long Location Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27124
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Release Date:
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2007-10-08
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Popularity:
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5,311 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Nagios Plugins 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5198
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Description:
Nobuhiro Ban has reported a vulnerability in Nagios Plugins, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "redir()" function in check_http.c when processing HTTP "Location:" header information. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by returning an overly long string in the "Location:" header to a vulnerable system.
Successful exploitation requires that a connection is made to a malicious web server.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.10.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=29880
Provided and/or discovered by:
Nobuhiro Ban
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index....67&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
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